Re: [Vala] box array does not work

[Luca Bruno <lethalman88 gmail com>]

On 18/07/2014 11:51, Michele Dionisio wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I try to defive an object like:
>
> Gee.TreeMap< uint8[] ?, FileInformation >
>
> where FileInformation is class.
>
> I have boxed uint8[] with ?
>
> but I receive fro valac 0.24 the following error
>
> error: `uint8[]?' is not a supported generic type argument, use `?' to box
> value types
>
> I think that it is a valac bug. Is it true?
Not a bug, it's a valac error because you cannot box an array. Just what
the messages says.