vala 0.48.6

[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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 * Regression and bug fixes:
  - codegen:
    + Correctly handle cast-expression of real struct to nullable struct [#991]
    + Use loop index instead of get_ccode_pos() for ellipsis parameter [#995]
  - vala:
    + Allow node_ref being null in SemanticAnalyzer.get_instance_base_type()
    + SemanticAnalyzer.get_instance_base_type() is not allowed to return null
    + params-array parameter is not allowed in abstract/virtual method [#985]
    + Use stable hash for methods in HashMap of implicit_implementations [#990]
      and Use "str_equal" as equal_func for ArrayList<string> instances
    + Set value_type of undefined member-access to avoid further criticals
    + Transform cast from floating-type to boxed-type [#991]
    + Transform cast from integer-type to boxed-type [#992]
    + Explicit "new" method may be incompatible with a posssible base method
  - valadoc: Add implicit "Posix" using-directive for POSIX profile
  - girparser: Add support for boolean "new" argument for methods

 * Bindings:
  - gtk4: Update to 3.98.3+028942c8


ChangeLog
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https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.48/vala-0.48.6.changes  (1.93K)

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