Re: [Vala] Questions about vapi generation and testing

[bsquared <bwcode4u gmail com>]

Luca Bruno <lethalman88 gmail com> writes:

> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:30 PM, bsquared <bwcode4u gmail com> wrote:
>
> > 1.  Is it necessary/recommended to specialize a generic?
> >    The generated vapi has lists without specialization, and these work
> >    fine in the tests.
> >    public GLib.SList list_databases ();
> >    public GLib.SList<string> list_databases ();
>
> The latter obviously.
I ask because in the gir the elements are generic, and the compiler does
not issue warnings.

> > 2. What can I do to optimize the generated c code in my tests?
> >   The generated code is 4x the size of original test code
> >   (test-couchdb-glib.c) as is the executable.
>
> For the C code, nothing. About the executable, optimize with -O3 (or -Os).
I was thinking there may be some kind of best practice to minimize the
number of temp vars in the generated code.

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Regards,
Brian Winfrey