vala 0.44.8

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

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
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 * Various improvements and bug fixes:
  - vala:
    + Support static methods in error-domains [#829]
    + vala: Init formal_target_type of built ArrayCreationExpression from
      InitializerList [#835]
    + Add missing closing brace/bracket in to_string() of
      ArrayCreationExpression and InitializerList
    + Reject unary operations on nullable integer/floating/boolean type [#772]
    + Run FlowAnalyzer on all given source-files [#843]
  - codegen:
    + Don't append unreachable clean-up section of Block [#838]
    + Don't cause double-free due append_local_free() in uncaught-errors [#838]
    + Don't unconditionally add/return internal "result" variable [#838]
  - codewriter: Write "weak" modifier for properties
  - girparser/gidlparser: "value_owned = true" by default for property types
  - libvaladoc: Don't traverse into close circles with parent [#829]
  - genie: Creation methods should not be static
  - valadoc: Explicitly pass --pkg libvala@PACKAGE_SUFFIX@ as for doclets/tests

 * Bindings:
  - cairo: Add 1.16 symbols
  - glib-2.0: Fix MutexLocker binding
  - glib-2.0: Add missing "DestroysInstance" attributes to Mutex/Locker API
  - glib-2.0: Use 'GStatBuf' as ctype for 'Stat'
  - glib-2.0: DateTime.from_iso8601() can take a null TimeZone
  - gio-2.0: Drop metadata for NativeSocketAddress
  - gio-unix-2.0: Add UnixMountEntry.get_root_path() since 2.60
  - gtk4: Sync from 0.46 branch
  - json-glib-1.0: Change abstract methods of Serializable to virtual [#840]
  - libsoup-2.4: soup_auth_new is not a constructor but a factory method [#791]
  - linux: Add more Input and update UserspaceInput bindings [#830]
  - posix: Add *at() calls and related constants [#823]
  - sqlite3: Bind sqlite3_expanded_sql() and sqlite3_normalised_sql()
  - sqlite3: Fix use of possibly unassigned parameter `errmsg'
  - webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.26.0


ChangeLog
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https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.44/vala-0.44.8.changes  (5.07K)

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