Re: [Vala] realpath compiles incorrectly

[Jonas Kulla <nyocurio gmail com>]

2013/3/13 rastersoft <raster rastersoft com>

> Hi all:
>
> I'm trying to use Posix.realpath, but I'm unable, because Vala seems to
> compile it incorrectly. I receive this message:
>
> .vala.c:920:2: error: too many argument for function ‘realpath’
>
> I put in my code:
>
> string tmp;
> tmp=Posix.realpath(this.config_path);
>
> And it is compiled to
>
> _tmp35_ = realpath (_tmp34_, NULL, 0);
>
> When "realpath" only has two parameters, not three.
>
> The VAPI seems fine, both in valac-0.16 and valac-0.18:
>
> [CCode (cheader_filename = "stdlib.h")]
> public string? realpath (string path, uint8[]? resolved_path = null);
>
> Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks

The prototype declaration in the vapi is wrong. I think it should be

[CCode (cheader_filename = "stdlib.h")]
public string? realpath (string path, [CCode (array_length=false)] uint8[]?
resolved_path = null);

Can you try it this way?


Jonas