Re: [Vala] [Genie] simple string example no longer compiles

[Julian Andres Klode <jak jak-linux org>]

Am Montag, den 26.10.2009, 05:30 +0800 schrieb Barry Kauler:
> Hi guys,
> There is a very simple Genie program that compiled ok early in 2009:
>
> init
>       var s = new string
>       s += "My name is Barry"
>       print s
>
> I have got Vala out of git yesterday, and the above program will not
> compile, with this error:
>
> arrays.gs:2.10-2.19: error: `string' does not have a default constructor
>         var s = new string
>
> Could someone explain this to me? I don't understand why this code was
> ok before but no longer.
Why not simply var s = "" instead of new string? In my opinion, having
a constructor for string which takes a string does not make any sense.