vala 0.36.17

[Rico Tzschichholz <install-module master gnome org>]

About vala
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valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates
Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject
type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala
source code.

The syntax of Vala is similar to C#, modified to better fit the
GObject type system. Vala supports modern language features as the
following: Interfaces, Properties, Signals, Foreach, Lambda
expressions, Type inference for local variables, Generics, Non-null
types, Assisted memory management, Exception handling, Type modules
(Plugins)

Vala is designed to allow access to existing C libraries, especially
GObject-based libraries, without the need for runtime bindings. All
that is needed to use a library with Vala is an API file, containing
the class and method declarations in Vala syntax. Vala currently comes
with bindings for GLib and GTK+ and many others from the GNOME
Platform.

Using classes and methods written in Vala from an application written
in C is not difficult. The Vala library only has to install the
generated header files and C applications may then access the GObject-
based API of the Vala library as usual. It should also be easily
possible to write a bindings generator for access to Vala libraries
from applications written in e.g. C# as the Vala parser is written as
a library, so that all compile-time information is available when
generating a binding.

News
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 * Various improvements and bug fixes:
  - codegen:
    + Initialize internal temp-variables used as reference parameter
    + Improve ccode for fixed-length array parameters (#163)
    + Fix regex literal compile flags
    + Add prototype for *_register_type() function
    + Don't emit *_free() of derived compact classes
    + Add prototype for *_new() of abstact compact classes
    + Fix method pointer cast if instance isn't at first position
    + Transfer ownership of compact class to DestroysInstance method [#645]
    + Make sure to include declarations for delegate typed parameters
    + Don't emit unused temp variable for element access assignments
    + Actually create method cast for base interface method as needed
    + Mark needle parameter of internal array-contains methods as const [#504]
    + Emit initializer for enum-value into wanted declaration space [#167]
    + Add void to delegate typedef declarations without parameters
    + Emit delegate/enum typedefs to type-declaration section [#318]
    + Always emit constants with initializer-list [#81]
    + Handle non-default AsyncResult parameter position [#709]
  - ccode: Fix typo and actually check "end_decls" (#672)
  - abstract syntax tree:
    + Always analyze nodes after they are inserted into the AST
    + Add source_reference to local variable of catch-clause
    + Add missing replace_expression() implementations
    + Fix several construction/parenting issues
    + DataType for GLib.Error should be should resolved as ErrorType
  - vala:
    + Copy instance_pos argument from virtual/abstract base methods [#540483]
    + Use comment which was already retrieved in parse_declaration()
    + Type check for errors require an error expression [#362]
    + Make check_arguments() more verbose and don't bail on first error [#438]
    + Don't emit member access of assignments on static properties [#573]
    + Use clearer error message for automatic properties in interfaces [#656]
    + Break possible endless loop in SymbolResolver.get_type_for_struct() [#444]
  - girwriter: Fix ctype of out/ref and array parameters
  - girwriter: Write glib-type attributes for Enums/Structs with type_id
  - girparser: Skip "source-position" elements and docs in transparent union
  - docs: Use Markdown for README and include build instructions
  - manual: Update from wiki.gnome.org

 * Bindings:
  - gdk-x11-3.0: Update to 3.24.2+eb821cb8
  - gio-2.0: Result of DBusMessage.get_header() is unowned
  - glib-2.0: Add missing Array.set_clear_func() binding
  - glib-2.0: Avoid double-free in GLib.Array if clear_func is set
  - glib-2.0: Add GLib.pointer aka gpointer binding
  - glib-2.0: Computing length once is enough in string.to_utf8()/splice()
  - glib-2.0: Add binding for g_test_add()
  - glib-2.0: Add array length to string.skip (#695)
  - gobject-2.0: Attribute all symbols with cheader_filename = "glib-object.h"
  - gobject-2.0,gtk+-*.0: Fix some GLib.Value out/ref parameters
  - gobject-introspection-1.0: Pick up version attribute fixes


ChangeLog
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https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.36/vala-0.36.17.changes  (9.30K)

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