Re: [Vala] Posix Vala

[Luca Bruno <lethalman88 gmail com>]

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:20 PM, pancake <pancake youterm com> wrote:

> After the removal of the posix profile I had in mind to do something about
> it. Just for fun, but I guess some people will be happy to get it back.
>
> My approach is more like a reimplementation of the basic features of glib
> in a single include file, so all the functions are inlined by the
> preprocessor which makes simple vala programs to be compiled without glib
> or gobject.
>
> In fact it is not allowed to link to glib in posixvala. Atm I just have a
> small fraction of its features.
>
> If anyone finds this useful or just wants to extend the project feel free
> to send me an email or pullrequests.
>
> http://github.com/radare/posixvala
>
> As you may see, posixvala requires no modifications inside the Vala
> compiler, so it should not break between versions.
>
> The readme file describes whats supported and whats not.
>
> Also, I would like to make a proper release of posixvala, so distros can
> easily package it.

Wow, beautiful idea, thanks for sharing. I'm sure it will be appreciated by
the community. Obviosuly, feel free to add it to the list of Vala-related
software in l.g.o .

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