Re: [Vala] VAPI GOBJECT/gtk binding constructions differ

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 23:57 +0100, Mikael Hermansson wrote:
> hmm  I have noticed this:
>
>
> Gtk.Image a = new Gtk.Image().new_from_file(...)

You probably mean

    new Gtk.Image.from_file ()

> then we have
>
> GLib.File = File().new_for_path(...)

You probably mean

    File.new_for_path ()

> Why not use the same rules for all this special constuctions?

The reason GFile is different is that GFile is an interface, not a
class. g_file_new_for_path is not a normal creation method, it's just a
static (factory) method that returns a new instance of a class that
implements GFile.

Jürg