[vala] (63 commits) Non-fast-forward update to branch wip/alsa

[Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz src gnome org>]

The branch 'wip/alsa' was changed in a way that was not a fast-forward update.
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Commits removed from the branch:

  9b98c15... alsa: Add more API and fix a few things

Commits added to the branch:

  192c6df... build: At least valac 0.16.1 is required (*)
  ecdb9b8... docs: Bump vala version references in README.md (*)
  aeb38b2... docs: Add myself to AUTHORS (*)
  fe3625d... vala: Accept NullType as generic type argument (*)
  40c017f... tests: Add missing generics/null-type.c-expected (*)
  9a6dd63... tests: Add "integer/float literal" tests to increase covera (*)
  172694e... gio-2.0: Update to 2.71.0~a0d2efdc (*)
  21d26fd... gtk4: Update to 4.5.0~da5efea6 (*)
  1a59fda... glib-2.0: Update 2.70 symbols (*)
  dbe8d2a... Bump version suffix to 0.56 (*)
  40a9238... vala: Add optional SourceReference parameter to DataType cl (*)
  9bd69d2... vala: Preserve the source reference when resolving data typ (*)
  ce15989... vala: Set source references of created DataType instances i (*)
  76a08b8... vala: Drop RealLiteral.get_type_name() (*)
  b60266e... Set TypeParameter as symbol of GenericType (*)
  0b3c86e... glib-2.0: Add Unicode 14.0 symbols (*)
  594cc46... vala: Parameter following ellipsis parameter is not allowed (*)
  6a9ddf7... girparser: Add support for "ref_/ref_sink_/unref_function"  (*)
  db9e4ce... gee: Add missing type-arguments (*)
  b67bb03... tests/girwriter: Add missing type-argument (*)
  5ffd65e... tests: Add more "type-arguments" tests to increase coverage (*)
  5155348... vala: No need to run return_type.check() twice for method (*)
  ba0d8e9... vala: More thorough check of ValueType and set CodeNode.err (*)
  6ac079d... codegen: Actually free data when using "remove(_all)" on GL (*)
  9e941a9... tests: Rename invalid yield-return test to avoid conflict (*)
  ca73184... tests: Add more "type-arguments" tests to increase coverage (*)
  ac4fcff... tests: Avoid causing unrelated errors in invalid test cases (*)
  41f2e9c... parser: Don't bail parsing of yield expression on error (*)
  e71ae37... codegen: Move some errors to semantic analyzer pass (*)
  516f209... vala: Set more missing source references of CodeNode instan (*)
  59e5d31... tests: Add invalid "target/destroy access" tests to increas (*)
  9e336f2... tests: Add "instance access to implicit to_string() method  (*)
  f2570bb... tests: Add missing tests/enums/bug614424.c-expected (*)
  3eebf31... tests: Add more invalid "member access" tests to increase c (*)
  511848d... tests: Extend "access virtual signal of interface" test to  (*)
  02f7568... tests: Split "Variant (de)serialization" test to trigger on (*)
  7996b74... Sync NEWS from 0.54 (*)
  01b8729... vala: Really check compatiblity of error types for delegate (*)
  4a1fe51... vala: Correctly output signature of callable throwing error (*)
  28ef85c... tests: Add more invalid "(un)lock" tests to increase covera (*)
  dadfb89... tests: Add invalid "unary decrement" test to increase cover (*)
  ca457c1... vala: Replace and drop UnaryExpression.find_member_access() (*)
  eae660f... tests: Add "no error type in catch" tests to increase cover (*)
  d622c77... vala: Report error for non ErrorType in throws (*)
  9bd5dce... codegen: Use ErrorType.error_domain if possible (*)
  876ace8... parser: Make sure ErrorCodes are accessible as needed (*)
  0a53d37... vala: Implement CodeWriter.visit_foreach_statement() (*)
  d1232b9... vala: Improve CodeWriter.visit_catch_clause() (*)
  0751a9e... Use ErrorType-based collection for CodeNode.get_error_types (*)
  9c25665... tests: Add "throws error code" tests to increase coverage (*)
  01affa4... Revert "Use ErrorType-based collection for CodeNode.get_err (*)
  59e74da... gstreamer: Update from 1.19.2+ git main (*)
  3c08b7c... vapi: Update GIR-based bindings (*)
  96d4a48... vapi: Add libsoup-3.0 binding (*)
  e259ba4... vapi: Add webkit2gtk-5.0 bindings (*)
  55d61b1... Sync NEWS from 0.54 (*)
  8db3f8a... vala: Improve error message for invalid handler of dynamic  (*)
  8cdca06... girparser: Accept "sealed" for transformed records and comp (*)
  1fdc269... gstreamer-1.0: Make Gst.Uri a sealed class (*)
  554011b... Add support for partial classes (*)
  048aaba... vala: Add support for nested methods (local functions) (*)
  b79a8ac... tests: Add missing tests/objects/class-partial.c-expected (*)
  42acc6d... alsa: Add more API and fix a few things

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