Re: [Vala] Rv: C to Vala

[Mario Daniel Ruiz Saavedra <desiderantes rocketmail com>]

Once the Vala to C rules are defined, the inverse rules should work for C to vala, at least in a 80%
----- Mensaje original -----
De: Landon Blake <sunburned surveyor gmail com>
Para: Mario Daniel Ruiz Saavedra <desiderantes rocketmail com>
CC: 
Enviado: Jueves, 20 de septiembre, 2012 12:47:10
Asunto: Re: [Vala] Rv: C to Vala

It would be possible to take a program that translates English to
Spanish and make it translate Spanish to English, but I think it would
take some major tweaking. I'm sure the same concept applies to the
Vala compiler.

Landon

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Mario Daniel Ruiz Saavedra
<desiderantes rocketmail com> wrote:
> valac takes Vala code, analyzes it, and generates C code accordingly. What hinders it from making it the 
> other way (taking c code which heavily uses GLib, and turning it into Vala Code)? Also, whould prove 
> correctness, as doing Vala to C and then C to Vala should produce similar code.
> ----- Mensaje original -----
> De: Landon Blake <sunburned surveyor gmail com>
> Para: Mario Daniel Ruiz Saavedra <desiderantes rocketmail com>
> CC:
> Enviado: Jueves, 20 de septiembre, 2012 11:38:53
> Asunto: Re: [Vala] Rv: C to Vala
>
> Mario:
>
> I've just started using Vala, but I think I can take a stab at your questions.
>
> Vala is compiled to C, C is not compiled to Vala. Therefore, I don't
> think there would be an easy and automated way to convert C code into
> Vala code.
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> Landon
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Mario Daniel Ruiz Saavedra
> <desiderantes rocketmail com> wrote:
> > I'll resend this, hoping for an answer :D
> >
> >
> > ----- Mensaje reenviado -----
> > De: Mario Daniel Ruiz Saavedra <desiderantes rocketmail com>
> > Para: Vala List <vala-list gnome org>
> > CC:
> > Enviado: Viernes, 17 de agosto, 2012 0:28:58
> > Asunto: C to Vala
> >
> >
> >
> > Is it possible that, having a program written in C, making full use of GLib, a conversion from c to vala 
> > would be plausible? Obviously, rewrite the application should be the way to go, but at least for giving an 
> > overview of how the new design may look, especially if you did not write the app, such feature would be 
> > useful.
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