Re: [Vala] [ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.1.6 - Compiler for the GObject type system

[pancake <pancake youterm com>]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 07:34:12PM +0100, J?rg Billeter wrote:
> > >  * Support conditional method compilation.
>
> [Conditional (condition = "CONDITION")]
> public void foo () { }
>
> This method will be ignored unless you pass -D CONDITION to valac.

Is this "condition" a real condition? or just a native #ifdef?

It is possible to create '#else'-like conditionals?

> > >  * Add basic support for method pre- and postconditions.
>
> interface Foo {
>       public abstract int bar (int x)
>               requires (x > 0)
>               ensures (result > 0);
> }

This is awesome :)

These kind of features can make vala perfect for learning programming
for university students (imho it's better than python or java to learn)

> > Anyone with short examples for the new language features among these?

Yup it does. But it will be better to have them in the wiki.

Thanks for this new release!


--pancake