Re: [Vala] Namespaces and Compiling With Multiple Source Files

[Steven Oliver <oliver steven gmail com>]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Jonas Kulla <nyocurio gmail com> wrote:

> 2012/9/10 Landon Blake <sunburned surveyor gmail com>
>
> > I'm trying to compile and run a Vala program from two (2) vala source
> > files. I can compile the program with the following command:
> >
> > valac geospatial_annotations.vala sutiv.vala -o
> > test_geospatial_annotations.vala
> >
> > The sutiv.vala file contains the namespace "Sutiv". It defines a
> > couple of classes I use in geospatial_annotations.vala. I have "using
> > Sutiv" at the top of my geospatial_annotations.vala file.
> >
> > The program compiles without errors. When I attempt to execute it with
> > the command "vala test_geospatial_annotations.vala" the interpreter
> > tells me "Namespace Sutiv could not be found."
> >
> > Any ideas what I'm doing wrong. How do I compile a program that uses a
> > namespace defined in a separate source code file?
> >
> > I can provide the source code files if needed.
>
> Hi Landon,
>
> The command you use to "compile" your code looks confusing to me.
> AFAIK, valac will compile your vala source code to a binary executable,
> therefore I don't understand why you give it the extension *.vala .
>
> What happens if you just run the executable like this:
>
> ./test_geospatial_annotations.vala

Yeah, vala isn't an interpreted language (like Ruby or Python). You should
be able to do just do the following:

valac geospatial_annotations.vala sutiv.vala -o test_geospatial_annotations
./test_geospatial_annotations