Re: [Vala] Glib types.

["Alexandre Moreira" <alexandream gmail com>]

On 3/14/07, Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch> wrote:
> On Die, 2007-03-13 at 22:29 -0300, Alexandre Moreira wrote:
> > Is there a reason why Vala doesn't use the Glib typedefs to ensure the
> > same size of variables in every machine (gint, gchar, etc) ?
> >
> > I think it would be nice to have string expand to gchar * and at least
> > allow the user to use the others (as of now, gint gives an error)
>
> gint, gchar, etc. are just typedefs to int, char, etc. as far as I know,
> so that shouldn't make a difference - in contrast to e.g. gint64 which
> Vala uses for its int64 type. We could easily switch to glib typedefs
> but I don't see any advantages and it's not like they are that
> widespread in GNOME C applications. I don't see a reason why we
> shouldn't use glib typedefs either, so maybe you could explain why you
> prefer gint to int?

Well, it is not that I have a huge preference. I just thought they'd
help portability. but I was mistaken. Checked glibs sources and
they're really simple typedefs. I just think of them as the preferred
way to develop G* based programs, but I can live with int and stuff
like that with no problems... actually I get some free syntax
highlight from Vim with CSharp filetype hehe

Thanks for the response,
Alexandre Moreira.
> Jürg