[Vala] Interesting bug...

[Magnus Therning <magnus therning org>]

Here's a piece of code I'm having some problems with:

  int main( string[] args ) {
      var res = store_password_sync( NETWORK_PASSWORD, DEFAULT,
                                     "Vala Test key", "the password", 0 );

      return( 0 );
  }

When compiled to C it results in the following:

  gint _main (char** args, int args_length1) {
        gint result;
        GnomeKeyringResult res;
  	res = gnome_keyring_store_password_sync (gnome_keyring_NETWORK_PASSWORD, 
GNOME_KEYRING_DEFAULT, "Vala Test key", "the password", 0, NULL);
        result = 0;
        return result;
  }

The problem is of course that "gnome_keyring_NETWORK_PASSWORD" isn't declared
in the gnome-keyring.h header file, "GNOME_KEYRING_NETWORK_PASSWORD" is!

Looking at the relevant part of the vapi file I can't see why NETWORK_PASSWORD
doesn't get expanded correctly, while DEFAULT does:

  [CCode (cheader_filename = "gnome-keyring.h")]
  public static GnomeKeyring.PasswordSchema NETWORK_PASSWORD;
  [CCode (cheader_filename = "gnome-keyring.h")]
  public const string DEFAULT;

is it due to one being declared 'const' and the other not?

Any way, it's a bug so it should be fixed upstream.  Should I file it in
Gnome's bugzilla or is an email enough?

In the meantime is there something I can do locally to make sure my code
compiles?

/M

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