Re: [Vala] Problems with HashMap/Dictionary

[Jens Georg <mail jensge org>]

On Fr, 2011-10-14 at 09:52 +0200, Kris Thomsen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm new to Vala and therefore I try to translate a Java-example to Vala. I
> have translated the same Java-example to C# before with success. In this
> example they use af HashMap (C#: Dictionary) and I know HashMap is a part of
> LibGee. BUT, I cant make it work, the compiler keep on telling me an error:
>
> My example:
>
> public class ProductCatalog : GLib.Object {
>         private var map;
[...]
> }
>
> The compiler gives me this error:
>
> [kris odin Udvikling]$ valac --pkg gee-1.0 NextGen.vala
> NextGen.vala:59.17-59.19: error: syntax error, statements outside blocks
> allowed only in root namespace
>         private var map;

You can't use var there, you need the full type.