What is the intended syntax for something like this: blobs : list of array of uint8
The best I've found so far is struct bytes value : array of uint8 blobs : list of bytes Which is less desirable as its more verbose to refer to and generates less-clean code. For this specific case it'd be awesome to have an actual "bytes" type counterpart to the "string" type. Also, reading http://jamiemcc.livejournal.com/12009.html: > The big advantage of embedding lists and dicts in the language is that it > makes it much easier for the developer to make use of them. It also means > genie can make decisions about which hashing and equal functions to use > based on the types (Eg for a dict of string,string it would use the glib > g_str_hash and g_str_equal functions automatically although you could of > course specify different ones by setting the properties explicitly) whereas > in vala you would have to type something like : > > var map = new Gee.HashMap<string, string>(GLib.str_hash, GLib.str_equal); > > There seems to be a problem in that these HashMap properties are read-only: http://people.gnome.org/~dvillevalois/libgee/doc/gee-1.0/Gee.HashMap.key_hash_func.html<http://people.gnome.org/%7Edvillevalois/libgee/doc/gee-1.0/Gee.HashMap.key_hash_func.html> The Pythonic way would be for the key type to have a hash and equal functions and for the dict to use these when present, but it appears undocumented how to set these functions explicitly.
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