vala 0.44.2

[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:
  - ccodegen:
    + Resolve generics in sizeof-expression of parameter initializer
    + Move implicit GValue cast for comparison to BinaryExpression [#585063]
    + Use available *_unref functions in G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC
    + Move get_type_signature() to DataType
    + Move try_cast_variant_to_type() to GVariantModule.visit_cast_expression()
    + Don't create special GArray clear-func for non-null structs
    + Implement silent-cast for GLib.Variant [#767]
  - vala: Variadic parameters are not supported for async methods
  - vala: Report error for unsupported operator instead of assertion
  - girparser: Create correct output in get_default_lower_case_suffix() [#778]
  - libvaladoc: Handle missing Content.List.Bullet.ORDERED in switch
  - libvaladoc: Handle missing Run.Style.NONE in switch
  - Add explicit "default: break;" statements for coverage of enum-typed switch

 * Bindings:
  - glib-2.0: Don't annotate dedicated GLib.assert_*() with [Assert] [#769]
  - gio-2.0: Revert enum-typed flags parameters in Socket API [glib!728]
  - gobject-introspection-1.0: Fix TypeInfo and TypeTag method references
  - gstreamer: Update from 1.15.2+ git master
  - gstreamer-1.0: Fix TypeFind and TypeFindFactory method references [#778]
  - gtk4: Update to 3.94.0+f273eca7
  - vapi: Update GIR-based bindings


ChangeLog
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https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.44/vala-0.44.2.changes  (2.65K)

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