vala 0.48.1

[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:
    + Replace hard-coded "gsize" with resolved "size_t"
    + Add destroy of parameter in vfunc of delegate property setter [#919]
    + Inherit "array" attributes from (base/-interface) property
    + Inherit "delegate_target" from (base/-interface) parameter/property/method
    + Actually respect "delegate_target" attribute of method/parameter
    + Move ObjectTypeSymbol casting to GTypeModule
    + Factor out GValueModule and GLibValue into a separate source-files
    + Avoid symbol clashes with "va_*" from "stdarg.h"
  - vala:
    + Fix search for Parameter.base_parameter
    + Real struct-type without type_id can't be used for GObject property [#921]
  - codewriter: Output inner interface declarations [#918]

 * Bindings:
  - glib-2.0: Add missing "type_id"/"has_type_id" attributes to structs [#921]
  - glib-2.0: Memory profiling ("g_mem_*") is deprecated since 2.46
  - linux: Don't depend on GLib.Time when using POSIX profile
  - gtk4: Update to 3.98+2da445f9
  - poppler-glib: Update to 0.85
  - vapi: Update GIR-based bindings


ChangeLog
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https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.48/vala-0.48.1.changes  (2.48K)

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