About vala ========== valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source code.
The syntax of Vala is similar to C#, modified to better fit the GObject type system. Vala supports modern language features as the following: Interfaces, Properties, Signals, Foreach, Lambda expressions, Type inference for local variables, Generics, Non-null types, Assisted memory management, Exception handling, Type modules (Plugins) Vala is designed to allow access to existing C libraries, especially GObject-based libraries, without the need for runtime bindings. All that is needed to use a library with Vala is an API file, containing the class and method declarations in Vala syntax. Vala currently comes with bindings for GLib and GTK+ and many others from the GNOME Platform. Using classes and methods written in Vala from an application written in C is not difficult. The Vala library only has to install the generated header files and C applications may then access the GObject- based API of the Vala library as usual. It should also be easily possible to write a bindings generator for access to Vala libraries from applications written in e.g. C# as the Vala parser is written as a library, so that all compile-time information is available when generating a binding. News ==== * Various improvements and bug fixes: - codegen: + Replace hard-coded "gsize" with resolved "size_t" + Add destroy of parameter in vfunc of delegate property setter [#919] + Inherit "array" attributes from (base/-interface) property + Inherit "delegate_target" from (base/-interface) parameter/property/method + Actually respect "delegate_target" attribute of method/parameter + Move ObjectTypeSymbol casting to GTypeModule + Factor out GValueModule and GLibValue into a separate source-files + Avoid symbol clashes with "va_*" from "stdarg.h" - vala: + Fix search for Parameter.base_parameter + Real struct-type without type_id can't be used for GObject property [#921] - codewriter: Output inner interface declarations [#918] * Bindings: - glib-2.0: Add missing "type_id"/"has_type_id" attributes to structs [#921] - glib-2.0: Memory profiling ("g_mem_*") is deprecated since 2.46 - linux: Don't depend on GLib.Time when using POSIX profile - gtk4: Update to 3.98+2da445f9 - poppler-glib: Update to 0.85 - vapi: Update GIR-based bindings ChangeLog ========= https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.48/vala-0.48.1.changes (2.48K) Download ======== https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.48/vala-0.48.1.tar.xz (3.27M) sha256sum: eb57394c0a908ff63623d179e09fa1e9d6b38d31c7eb597d3021489f297e71d4 _______________________________________________ ftp-release-list mailing list ftp-release-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ftp-release-list