Hi, 2009/10/26 Barry Kauler <bkau...@gmail.com>: > I am asking about > > var s = new string > > To me, it *does* make sense, but anyway, I am not asking about it's > merits. I would like to know why it compiled before, not now. > It looks like quite legal syntax to me, and the compiler was happy > with it, and if it is now not legal, why not?
The syntax is fine, it's just that string does not have a constructor. It used to work because valac did not check for this before (I've recently found the same to be true for Object), whether this should work or not is something I cannot answer. HTH, Abderrahim _______________________________________________ Vala-list mailing list Vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list