[vala/0.40] Release 0.40.18

[Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz src gnome org>]

commit 8a1a47acae3ed05a10e4f623b47a35a61fc2d911
Author: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz ubuntu com>
Date:   Mon Nov 18 13:53:11 2019 +0100

    Release 0.40.18

 NEWS                      | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 |  2 +-
 doc/valac.1               |  2 +-
 doc/valadoc.1             |  2 +-
 doc/vapigen.1             |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 013144d16..54dcb7742 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,48 @@
+Vala 0.40.18
+============
+ * Various improvements and bug fixes:
+  - codegen:
+    + Use G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_INTERFACE to get vtable for base-access
+    + Fix setting of generic-type properties for gobject chain up [#654702]
+    + Make type-parameter properties readable [#190]
+    + Fix vfunc signature of delegate-typed property in interface
+    + Fix support of dynamic DBus methods
+  - vala:
+    + Warn when passing arrays to typeof(), except for "string[]" [#868]
+    + Don't falsely resolve binary-expression to bool [#869]
+    + Do not allow += for arrays with fixed length
+    + Array with fixed length don't require explicit instantiation [#720]
+    + Infer array length of inline allocated arrays for fields [#644046]
+    + Do not allow to .resize() on arrays with fixed length
+    + Do not allow to change .length of arrays with fixed length
+    + Improve error message for arrays as type arguments
+    + Improve error reporting for invalid interface prerequisites [#437]
+    + Write value of constants/enums in fast-vapi if constant only [#461]
+    + Don't require constant initializer in fast-vapi [#461]
+    + Restore DestroysInstance behaviour for non-compact classes [#873]
+    + Report error for async creation expression without yield
+  - parser: `owned` is not allowed on Constants
+  - girparser: Detect and replace "-" in parameter names
+  - girwriter: Add readable="0"/private="1" attribute to type-specific fields
+  - gidl:
+    + Calculate size correctly, avoid use-after-free
+    + Avoid use of uninitialized "markup" warning
+    + Ignore flags like -mfpmath=sse, -msse or -msse2
+  - valadoc:
+    + libvaladoc: Fix parameter and property ownership declarations
+    + Fix ownership declarations of Constants
+  - pkg-config:
+    + vala: Add missing gmodule-2.0 to Requires.private of pkg-config file
+    + libvaladoc: Move gmodule-2.0 to Requires.private of pkg-config file
+
+ * Bindings:
+  - glib-2.0: Guard against passing null source to GLib.Memory.copy()
+  - gtk+-3.0: Skip _MountOperationHandler* symbols
+  - libusb-1.0: Don't depend on glib-2.0
+  - libusb-1.0: Remove unused private "malloc" binding
+  - linux: Add memfd_create(2)
+  - posix: Bind some essential memory allocation functions
+
 Vala 0.40.17
 ============
  * Various improvements and bug fixes:
diff --git a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
index c3a29cced..9bc29bebd 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 1.47.11.
-.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "October 2019" "vala-gen-introspect 0.40.17" "User Commands"
+.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "November 2019" "vala-gen-introspect 0.40.18" "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 ea6f136a8..6adbe0478 100644
--- a/doc/valac.1
+++ b/doc/valac.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
-.TH VALAC "1" "October 2019" "valac 0.40.17" "User Commands"
+.TH VALAC "1" "November 2019" "valac 0.40.18" "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 97a61ed13..cd9768e7e 100644
--- a/doc/valadoc.1
+++ b/doc/valadoc.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
-.TH VALADOC "1" "October 2019" "valadoc 0.40.17" "User Commands"
+.TH VALADOC "1" "November 2019" "valadoc 0.40.18" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valadoc \- Vala Documentation Tool
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/vapigen.1 b/doc/vapigen.1
index d374e9040..d4d97370d 100644
--- a/doc/vapigen.1
+++ b/doc/vapigen.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.11.
-.TH VAPIGEN "1" "October 2019" "vapigen API Generator 0.40.17" "User Commands"
+.TH VAPIGEN "1" "November 2019" "vapigen API Generator 0.40.18" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vapigen \- generate a Vala API
 .SH SYNOPSIS