vala 0.40.16
- From: Rico Tzschichholz <install-module master gnome org>
- To: FTP Releases <ftp-release-list gnome org>
- Subject: vala 0.40.16
- Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 07:03:31 +0000 (UTC)
About vala
==========
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
====
* 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()
ChangeLog
=========
https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.40/vala-0.40.16.changes (5.36K)
Download
========
https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.40/vala-0.40.16.tar.xz (3.25M)
sha256sum: eb4402467738618de993da173b3e1b9c2895490f536d8080c311cb94ab2b626f
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