Re: [Vala] valac can read a typelib in place of a vapi binding
Hi Adam, On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 13:07 -0700, Adam Dingle wrote: I realized to my surprise today that valac (0.11.7) can read a GObject introspection type library in place of a VAPI file! For example, I can specify '--pkg PeasGtk-1.0' on the command line and valac will read types from /usr/lib/girepository-1.0/PeasGtk-1.0.typelib, which lets me use libpeas types even though there is no libpeas.vapi anywhere. 1. Is this documented somewhere? How long has this cool feature existed without my knowing about it? :) It was added a long time ago. In the beginning there were lots of issues and it is still a work in progress. However, it is usable nowadays for certain libraries and more improvements are waiting in a branch. 2. Is there a long-term plan to deprecate .vapi files in favor of type libraries? Can type libraries express everything that .vapi files can? GIR files (vala doesn't read typelibs, it reads the xml versions) cannot express everything that .vapi files can and probably never will. They are focused on GObject-based libraries while .vapi can also handle quite a few other libraries reasonably well. The plan is to replace our .gi files (old gobject-introspection) by .gir files (new gobject-introspection) as soon as possible, while still shipping generated .vapi files. Jürg ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
Re: [Vala] valac can read a typelib in place of a vapi binding
On 04/02/2011 07:21 AM, Jürg Billeter wrote: Hi Adam, ... 2. Is there a long-term plan to deprecate .vapi files in favor of type libraries? Can type libraries express everything that .vapi files can? GIR files (vala doesn't read typelibs, it reads the xml versions) cannot express everything that .vapi files can and probably never will. They are focused on GObject-based libraries while .vapi can also handle quite a few other libraries reasonably well. Aha - now I see this was my mistake. When I compiled with '--pkg PeasGtk-1.0', I thought Vala was reading /usr/lib/girepository-1.0/PeasGtk-1.0.typelib But actually it was reading this .gir file: /usr/share/gir-1.0/PeasGtk-1.0.gir The plan is to replace our .gi files (old gobject-introspection) by .gir files (new gobject-introspection) as soon as possible, while still shipping generated .vapi files. Good to know. adam ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
[Vala] valac can read a typelib in place of a vapi binding
I realized to my surprise today that valac (0.11.7) can read a GObject introspection type library in place of a VAPI file! For example, I can specify '--pkg PeasGtk-1.0' on the command line and valac will read types from /usr/lib/girepository-1.0/PeasGtk-1.0.typelib, which lets me use libpeas types even though there is no libpeas.vapi anywhere. 1. Is this documented somewhere? How long has this cool feature existed without my knowing about it? :) 2. Is there a long-term plan to deprecate .vapi files in favor of type libraries? Can type libraries express everything that .vapi files can? adam ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
Re: [Vala] valac can read a typelib in place of a vapi binding
INAVD (I'm not a Vala developer ;)) I realized to my surprise today that valac (0.11.7) can read a GObject introspection type library in place of a VAPI file! For example, I can specify '--pkg PeasGtk-1.0' on the command line and valac will read types from /usr/lib/girepository-1.0/PeasGtk-1.0.typelib, which lets me use libpeas types even though there is no libpeas.vapi anywhere. Cool! 1. Is this documented somewhere? How long has this cool feature existed without my knowing about it? :) 2. Is there a long-term plan to deprecate .vapi files in favor of type libraries? Can type libraries express everything that .vapi files can? I guess it will never happen. You can't loose possibility of creating bindings to non-gobject libraries, it's far more cool than the whole gobject type system. best regards, AW. adam ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list -- Mój klucz publiczny o identyfikatorze 1024D/E12C5A4C znajduje się na serwerze hkp://keys.gnupg.net My public key with signature 1024D/E12C5A4C is on the server hkp://keys.gnupg.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
