Re: [Vala] Delegates without target

[pancake <pancake youterm com>]

Why "has_target" and not "has_user_data"?

Jürg Billeter wrote:
> Callbacks in C libraries usually have a user_data parameter, which is
> used by Vala to pass the object of an instance method. However, some
> callbacks do not have a user_data parameter. Vala required bindings to
> use the `static' modifier for the delegate to let the compiler know
> about this limitation.
>
> The `static' modifier for delegates has been deprecated now by
>
>     [CCode (has_target = false)]
>
> The rationale for the change can be found in bug 526549 [1]. The
> `static' modifier still works, but the compiler will print a warning in
> future versions when not using --enable-deprecated.
>
> Jürg
>
> [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526549
>
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