On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 20:49 -0500, Jamie McCracken wrote: > On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 02:19 +0100, Hans Vercammen wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 12:10 +0100, Jürg Billeter wrote: > > > > > > * `(owned)' cast replaces `#' reference transfer expression > > > > > > Even less used, equally unintuitive. Example of new syntax: > > > > > > string foo = (owned) bar; > > > > I don't have a strong opinion on this since I don't really need it, but > > using a cast expression feels a bit wrong. Not sure if we want to keep > > the option open of having operator overloading, but what about something > > like: > > > > string foo <= bar; > > or > > string foo << bar; > > <= and << are already operators in use and would be confusing but i do > agree the use of cast syntax here is odd
Vala already has this nice type system we can (ab)use to put the operators in the right context. Nevertheless, I agree the syntax of operators isn't always clear. > I would suggest something thats not a cast but still clear: > > string foo owns bar; > > or > > string foo = owned bar; Would go for the first one as the second one doesn't offer much benefit over the current implementation. Hans _______________________________________________ Vala-list mailing list Vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
