Re: [Vala] GtkBuilder example ... bug?

[Jiří Zárevúcky <zarevucky jiri gmail com>]

Jakub Klawiter píše v Ne 29. 11. 2009 v 01:31 +0100:
> Hello!
>
> Ok understand how it's working, thank you!
> I don't understand why (compiler forces me to use different names i
> like), but it's not a problem now. I'll understand it later (hope :D).

(I assume you are still talking about method names.)
It's because Vala compiler translates into GObject-based C. As there are
no classes in C, there is a need for some sane translation of the name.
So for MyClass#whatever_function there is my_class_whatever_function in
the C translation.

> same in case:
>
>     int buf_size = 5;
>     uchar[] buf   = new uchar[ buf_size ];
>
> which is not working because vala is creating variable buf_size not
> something like: buf__valauto__size

Actually, Vala (the latest version, I can't speak for anything before
0.7) uses buf_length1, which is IMHO perfectly reasonable. In case the
naming bothers you, you can always propose some better naming
convention. :)