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

[Jamie McCracken <jamie mccrack googlemail com>]

On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 18:44 +0100, Abderrahim Kitouni wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2009/10/26 Barry Kauler <bkauler gmail com>:
> >  I am asking about
> >
> >  var s = new string
> >
> >  To me, it *does* make sense, but anyway, I am not asking about it's
> >  merits. I would like to know why it compiled before, not now.
> >  It looks like quite legal syntax to me, and the compiler was happy
> >  with it, and if it is now not legal, why not?
>
> The syntax is fine, it's just that string does not have a constructor.
> It used to work because valac did not check for this before (I've
> recently found the same to be true for Object), whether this should
> work or not is something I cannot answer.

indeed the fact it no longer works is because that bug/loophole has been
fixed (this is not a genie bug as it affects vala as well)

> HTH,
> Abderrahim
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