[vala] gobject-2.0: Add constructor to GLib.Object class

[Jürg Billeter <juergbi src gnome org>]

commit d6dfe51542d920e714be7d9f29a070d04a3ed79e
Author: Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>
Date:   Mon Aug 31 20:40:01 2009 +0200

    gobject-2.0: Add constructor to GLib.Object class

 compiler/valacompiler.vala   |    1 +
 vala/valaclass.vala          |    2 +-
 vala/valacodewriter.vala     |    2 +-
 vala/valacreationmethod.vala |    4 ++--
 vala/valastruct.vala         |    2 +-
 vapi/gobject-2.0.vapi        |    5 +++++
 6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/compiler/valacompiler.vala b/compiler/valacompiler.vala
index 3ea847b..75a46f8 100644
--- a/compiler/valacompiler.vala
+++ b/compiler/valacompiler.vala
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ class Vala.Compiler {
 			// default profile
 			context.profile = Profile.GOBJECT;
 			context.add_define ("GOBJECT");
+			context.add_define ("VALA_0_7_6_NEW_METHODS");
 		} else {
 			Report.error (null, "Unknown profile %s".printf (profile));
 		}
diff --git a/vala/valaclass.vala b/vala/valaclass.vala
index 68862a7..63b93e1 100644
--- a/vala/valaclass.vala
+++ b/vala/valaclass.vala
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public class Vala.Class : ObjectTypeSymbol {
 		if (m is CreationMethod) {
 			if (m.name == null) {
 				default_construction_method = m;
-				m.name = "new";
+				m.name = ".new";
 			}
 
 			var cm = (CreationMethod) m;
diff --git a/vala/valacodewriter.vala b/vala/valacodewriter.vala
index 55dd513..7d082bf 100644
--- a/vala/valacodewriter.vala
+++ b/vala/valacodewriter.vala
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ public class Vala.CodeWriter : CodeVisitor {
 		if (m is CreationMethod) {
 			var datatype = (TypeSymbol) m.parent_symbol;
 			write_identifier (datatype.name);
-			if (m.name != "new") {
+			if (m.name != ".new") {
 				write_string (".");
 				write_identifier (m.name);
 			}
diff --git a/vala/valacreationmethod.vala b/vala/valacreationmethod.vala
index 6a57805..06f6610 100644
--- a/vala/valacreationmethod.vala
+++ b/vala/valacreationmethod.vala
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class Vala.CreationMethod : Method {
 			infix = "init";
 		}
 
-		if (name == "new") {
+		if (name == ".new") {
 			return "%s%s".printf (parent.get_lower_case_cprefix (), infix);
 		} else {
 			return "%s%s_%s".printf (parent.get_lower_case_cprefix (), infix, name);
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class Vala.CreationMethod : Method {
 
 		string infix = "construct";
 
-		if (name == "new") {
+		if (name == ".new") {
 			return "%s%s".printf (parent.get_lower_case_cprefix (), infix);
 		} else {
 			return "%s%s_%s".printf (parent.get_lower_case_cprefix (), infix, name);
diff --git a/vala/valastruct.vala b/vala/valastruct.vala
index 33956d7..15c84a2 100644
--- a/vala/valastruct.vala
+++ b/vala/valastruct.vala
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class Vala.Struct : TypeSymbol {
 		if (m is CreationMethod) {
 			if (m.name == null) {
 				default_construction_method = m;
-				m.name = "new";
+				m.name = ".new";
 			}
 
 			var cm = (CreationMethod) m;
diff --git a/vapi/gobject-2.0.vapi b/vapi/gobject-2.0.vapi
index 09b0e96..f1cd487 100644
--- a/vapi/gobject-2.0.vapi
+++ b/vapi/gobject-2.0.vapi
@@ -175,7 +175,12 @@ namespace GLib {
 	public class Object {
 		public uint ref_count;
 
+		[CCode (has_construct_function = false)]
+		public Object (Type type = typeof (Object), ...);
+
+#if VALA_0_7_6_NEW_METHODS
 		public static Object @new (Type type, ...);
+#endif
 
 		[CCode (cname = "G_TYPE_FROM_INSTANCE")]
 		public Type get_type ();