Re: [Vala] dova and glib

[Rob Taylor <rob taylor codethink co uk>]

How about, in dova mode, you automatically create dova objects wrapping
the gobjects? Could be done explicitly (per vapi?) to make it obvious.

Rob

On 01/02/11 08:30, pancake wrote:
> imho it would be good to have support to specify the profile linked to a vapi. so vala will generate custom 
> code depending on which vapi you use.
>
> it will be obvious a limitation in comunicating classes between those profiles. but calling methods and 
> instantiating objects should be cross profile.
>
> this will enable vala to create gtk apps with dova.
>
> what do you think? instead of having a global profile setup we will have a per namespace profile 
> configuration.
>
> On 01/02/2011, at 1:19, Gavrilov Maksim <ulltor gmail com> wrote:
>
> > 01.02.2011 08:49, Maga Abdurakhmanov пишет:
> > > I have a question about Dova and it's future. At this moment Dova is in the
> > > experimental state and incompatible with glib. Is there any real compelling
> > > reason that makes dova incompatible with glib?
> >
> > Dova is now created to be another huge framework (just like now GLib is), but fully integrated in Vala and 
> > using all its features. Why SHOULD it be compatible with GLib? That's the better question, I think.
> >
> > Why should Dova follow all that durty low-level rules and abstractions used in GLib, if it has its own 
> > support of interfaces, classes, etc.?
> >
> > > If we could base a program on dova but still have access to the very rich
> > > set of glib based libraries it opens door for the dova in real applications.
> >
> > Again, Dova is created to fully replace GLib/GObject. Your question is something like you ask why is GLib 
> > incompatible with Qt? If you want to use both of them, you should (am I right?) encapsulate GLib-related 
> > and Qt-related logics into different modules compiled into different libraries and then used by your app.
> >
> > -- 
> > Gavrilov Maksim <ulltor gmail com>
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