Re: [Vala] Thanks + Multiple C header files?

[Frederik <scumm_fredo gmx net>]

Jürg Billeter wrote:
> my_string.skip certainly won't work, that's something completely
> different. The array cast might work in the write_chars case.
>
> > GLib has a funcion called g_strdelimit() for substituting multiple 
> > delimiter chars with another delimiter. I would like to use it, but I 
> > can't find it in the vapi-definitions of GLib. Has it been forgotten?
>
> g_strdelimit is a bit problematic as it modifies the string in-place
> while Vala usually assumes that strings are immutable. We should
> probably add a new attribute to support such functions, so that Vala can
> automatically copy the string where necessary. Please open a bug about
> this.
>
> It should be possible to accomplish the same with g_strsplit_set and
> g_strjoinv in the meantime.

Thank you. I have filed a feature request.

Another question. :)

Is it possible to include multiple C header files by a vapi definition, 
even though all the needed functions are defined in one of those header 
files?

I created a vapi definition which looks like this:

[CCode (cprefix="XF86VidMode", 
cheader_filename="X11/extensions/xf86vmode.h")]
namespace XF86VidMode {
...
}

But to compile correctly the C source file must have the following includes:

#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <X11/extensions/xf86vmode.h>

exactly in this order (Xlib.h first), even though I don't make any use 
of Xlib.h functions.


PS: PolicyKit bindings would be great in the future. I would do it 
myself but I'm not yet familiar enough with vapi and vala-gen-introspect.

Thank you for this great project! Vala is my portal to GNOME programming.


Regards,

Frederik