Re: [Vala] Newbie question (using directive)

[Miguel Miranda <phastmike gmail com>]

The same would happen in C# if you had two classes/interfaces/whatever with
the same name but defined in distinct namespaces. That's one of the reasons
they do exist.

You must be specific to which you are referring to by specifying the
correct namespace.

Vala includes GLib namespace by default, just that.


On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 12:50 PM Wolfgang Mauer <wolfgang mauer kabelmail de>
wrote:

> I hope that this can be improved in future versions!
>
> I far as i know, there some duplicated classes in GLib/Gtk
> Menu
> MenuItem
> ListStore
> ....
> In C# the "using" in my source is crucial.
>
> /Wolfgang
>
>
> Am 20.02.19 um 13:36 schrieb Miguel Miranda via vala-list:
> > GLib is included by default.
> >
> > valac did find a conflict between namespaces so you must be specific
> about
> > the Menu's namespace you want to use.
> >
> > Just use public <namespace>.Menu menu where <namespace> is either GLib or
> > Gtk.
> >
> > I'll assume you are trying to use Gtk.Menu so change to:
> >
> > public Gtk.Menu menu
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 12:14 PM Wolfgang Mauer <
> wolfgang mauer kabelmail de>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > > in my source i just have
> > >
> > >       using Gtk;
> > >
> > > and no other using!
> > > Now if i want to use
> > >
> > >       public Menu menu;
> > >
> > > i get -> error: `Menu' is an ambiguous reference between `GLib.Menu' and
> > > `Gtk.Menu'
> > > But i don't have a "using GLib;" in my source !!!
> > >
> > > Is this a Bug?
> > >
> > > Greetings
> > > Wolfgang
> > >
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