Re: [Vala] Warnings when subclassing classes without public constructor

[Mike Massonnet <mmassonnet gmail com>]

(missed the mailing-list)

2009/12/21 Mike Massonnet <mmassonnet gmail com>:
> 2009/12/21 Abderrahim Kitouni <a kitouni gmail com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > 2009/12/20 Mike Massonnet <mmassonnet gmail com>:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I had like to know if there exists a way to avoid a warning when
> > > compiling with valac classes that subclass classes without public
> > > constructors. As an example, Gtk.Bin doesn't have any public
> > > constructor but it is still valid to subclass it. The warning printed
> > > is the following:
> > >
> > >  warning: unable to chain up to private base constructor
> > Chain up to a class that has a public, non [CCode
> > (has_construct_function=false)] constructor.
> >
> > Please note that in Vala, you don't need to chain up to direct base
> > class, you may for example chain up directly to Object (this is the
> > preferred way to set construct properties).
> >
> > something like this should solve your problem :
> > public MyClass() {
> > Object();
> > }
>
> This does remove the warning, thanks.
>
> > HTH,
> > Abderrahim
>
> Kind Regards
> --
> Mike



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Mike