Re: [Vala] [ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.4.0 - Compiler for the GObject type system

[Frederik <scumm_fredo gmx net>]

Jürg Billeter wrote:
> The restriction to property assignment statements has been lifted, which
> means that you can have any kind of statements in the constructors /
> creation methods. However, you should be careful not to mix the two
> construction schemes too much. If you want to use the new mechanism,
> don't use any construct properties.

Thanks for the examples. Is the old scheme still necessary except for
backward compatibility? Are there any drawbacks to the new scheme /
benefits of the old scheme?

> You can also call named constructors `base.with_foo ()' and constructors
> of the same class `this ()' or `this.with_foo ()'.

The latter one (named construction method) could get confused with an
instance method invocation. But I can't think of any better way, so I'm
ok with that.


Regards,

Frederik