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 ==== * Regression and bug fixes: - codegen: + Correctly handle cast-expression of real struct to nullable struct [#991] + Use loop index instead of get_ccode_pos() for ellipsis parameter [#995] - vala: + Allow node_ref being null in SemanticAnalyzer.get_instance_base_type() + SemanticAnalyzer.get_instance_base_type() is not allowed to return null + params-array parameter is not allowed in abstract/virtual method [#985] + Use stable hash for methods in HashMap of implicit_implementations [#990] and Use "str_equal" as equal_func for ArrayList<string> instances + Set value_type of undefined member-access to avoid further criticals + Transform cast from floating-type to boxed-type [#991] + Transform cast from integer-type to boxed-type [#992] + Explicit "new" method may be incompatible with a posssible base method - valadoc: Add implicit "Posix" using-directive for POSIX profile - girparser: Add support for boolean "new" argument for methods * Bindings: - gtk4: Update to 3.98.3+028942c8 ChangeLog ========= https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.48/vala-0.48.6.changes (1.93K) Download ======== https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.48/vala-0.48.6.tar.xz (3.29M) sha256sum: d18d08ed030ce0e0f044f4c15c9df3c25b15beaf8700e45e43b736a6debf9707 _______________________________________________ ftp-release-list mailing list ftp-release-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ftp-release-list