Re: [Vala] [ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.5.3 - Compiler for the GObject type system

[Iñigo Illán Aranburu <kodeport terra es>]

What Jürg is trying to say, is that if you have some method/function which gets some GObject (for example before now if you wanted to implement your own list and get a gobject you need to do it manually making a GBoxed object which stores your struct), you can now implement them automagically if you are using structs, like in other languages like C#, which makes it transparent for the developer. If not, you should make your method/function pass a gpointer or something like that, and it ends being more "problematic".

El dom, 21-12-2008 a las 09:06 +0100, Jürg Billeter escribió:
> On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 07:57 +0800, Barry Kauler wrote:
> > > * Register structs as boxed types.
> > 
> > This must be a good thing, but what does it mean in practical terms?
> > I mean, I haven't got a clue what a "boxed type" is and how that changes
> > how we use structs in Vala/Genie.
>
> With boxed, I meant GBoxed in the GObject type system. It does not
> change how structs are used in Vala/Genie. However, it makes it possible
> to store a Vala struct in a GValue, which is necessary to use structs as
> GObject properties among other things.
>
> > Is there documentation anywhere?
>
> If you want more information about GBoxed, have a look at the GObject
> documentation.
>
> > Will Genie have to be updated also?
>
> No, this was a change in the code generator, which applies to both, Vala
> and Genie.
>
> Jürg
>
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