Re: [Vala] [ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.9.3 - Compiler for the GObject type system

2010-07-15 Thread Luca Bruno
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:06:11PM -0500, Sandino Flores Moreno wrote: Congrats! But... what is a main block? A sort of implicit main(), for scripts you can do something like: print(test); And then run the program by vala yourprogram.vala. -- http://www.debian.org - The Universal

Re: [Vala] [ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.9.3 - Compiler for the GObject type system

2010-07-15 Thread JM
Congratulations for this release! Can you explain the new GBoxed-based memory management in vala? I know GBoxed is a generic wrapper for C structures, that only needs copy and free functions. And I know that in vala a type get's boxed when you use the '?' operator, like in 'string? s = null;'.

Re: [Vala] [ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.9.3 - Compiler for the GObject type system

2010-07-15 Thread Andrés G. Aragoneses
El 15/07/10 00:02, Bob Hazard escribió: Woo hoo nearly 1.0! Make sure you leave enough room. Enlightenment 17 is at version 0.16.999.49898 and I believe the kernel started using letters :) Hey Bob. I would say, that the next vala release can perfectly be 0.10.0. Thus, the closeness to 1.0 is

Re: [Vala] [ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.9.3 - Compiler for the GObject type system

2010-07-15 Thread Abderrahim Kitouni
Hi, في خ، 15-07-2010 عند 10:01 +0200 ، كتب JM: Congratulations for this release! Can you explain the new GBoxed-based memory management in vala? I know GBoxed is a generic wrapper for C structures, that only needs copy and free functions. AFAICT (correct me if

Re: [Vala] [ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.9.3 - Compiler for the GObject type system

2010-07-15 Thread Jürg Billeter
On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 10:01 +0200, JM wrote: Congratulations for this release! Can you explain the new GBoxed-based memory management in vala? I know GBoxed is a generic wrapper for C structures, that only needs copy and free functions. And I know that in vala a type get's boxed when you

[Vala] [ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.9.3 - Compiler for the GObject type system

2010-07-14 Thread Jürg Billeter
We are pleased to announce version 0.9.3 of Vala, a compiler for the GObject type system. Vala 0.9.3 is now available for download at: http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.9/ Changes since 0.9.2 * Support newlines in double quoted string literals. * Add experimental support for main