[vala/0.40] Release 0.40.16

[Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz src gnome org>]

commit f9c0e566f445cdab7df65692420702cda0c9e697
Author: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz ubuntu com>
Date:   Tue Aug 6 08:29:38 2019 +0200

    Release 0.40.16

 NEWS                      | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 |  2 +-
 doc/valac.1               |  2 +-
 doc/valadoc.1             |  2 +-
 doc/vapigen.1             |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 83c4bf767..e0bfd32ed 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,39 @@
+Vala 0.40.16
+============
+ * Various improvements and bug fixes:
+  - codegen:
+    + Always use G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE for external symbols
+    + When freeing local variables don't stop at "switch" on "continue" [#799]
+    + Use array_length of collection variable instead of expression
+    + Assign GValue result of function calls to temp-var on copy_value [#819]
+    + Real structs are allowed by simple generics and passed as reference [#819]
+    + Use G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST for comparisons with interfaces
+    + Include required type-definition when casting from generic pointer [#828]
+  - girwriter:
+    + Mention that this file is generated and not meant to be modified
+    + Properly resolve GLib.TypeInterface instead of hardcoding it
+    + Multiple improvements and fixes for e.g. GType classes
+  - girparser:
+    + Add support for string "ctype" metadata [#793]
+    + Skip 'attribute' elements
+    + Handle "function-macro" by skipping them [gi#159]
+  - parser: Multiple corrections for source-location of code-nodes
+  - compiler: Add OptionFlags.NO_ARG to deprecated "--thread" option
+  - build: Pass -no-undefined when linking libvalaccodegen [#820]
+  - tests: Null-terminate arrays for compatibility test of uint8 / uchar [#809]
+
+ * Bindings:
+  - clutter-1.0: Bind Margin, PaintVolume, Point, Rect and Size as struct [#795]
+  - cogl-1.0: Fix out-params in Cogl.get_modelview_matrix/projection_matrix/
+    bitmasks [#794]
+  - glib-2.0: Bind strcmp0 as GLib.CompareFunc<string?> [#810]
+  - glib-2.0: Add MappedFile.from_fd constructor [#824]
+  - gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.24.9~18177388
+  - posix: Fix return-value of mknod() and c-include for tcgetsid()
+  - webkit2gtk-4.0: Fix WebContext.initialize_notification_permissions()
+  - x11: Fix return type of XInternAtoms and XGetAtomNames bindings
+  - xtst: Fix signature of XTest.fake_relative_motion_event()
+
 Vala 0.40.15
 ============
  * Various improvements and bug fixes:
diff --git a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
index ee9f285dc..f3cb58855 100644
--- a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
+++ b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "April 2019" "vala-gen-introspect 0.40.15" "User Commands"
+.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "August 2019" "vala-gen-introspect 0.40.16" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vala-gen-introspect \- generate a GI file for GObject and glib based packages
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/valac.1 b/doc/valac.1
index 7a5b9c65e..a78287b71 100644
--- a/doc/valac.1
+++ b/doc/valac.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH VALAC "1" "April 2019" "valac 0.40.15" "User Commands"
+.TH VALAC "1" "August 2019" "valac 0.40.16" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valac \- compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/valadoc.1 b/doc/valadoc.1
index b382055cb..5f6400569 100644
--- a/doc/valadoc.1
+++ b/doc/valadoc.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH VALADOC "1" "April 2019" "valadoc 0.40.15" "User Commands"
+.TH VALADOC "1" "August 2019" "valadoc 0.40.16" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valadoc \- Vala Documentation Tool
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/vapigen.1 b/doc/vapigen.1
index 32f98f72d..535a62465 100644
--- a/doc/vapigen.1
+++ b/doc/vapigen.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH VAPIGEN "1" "April 2019" "vapigen API Generator 0.40.15" "User Commands"
+.TH VAPIGEN "1" "August 2019" "vapigen API Generator 0.40.16" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vapigen \- generate a Vala API
 .SH SYNOPSIS