On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 00:08 -0400, Arc Riley wrote: > 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.
Its a libgee issue AFAICT - they used to expose hash and equal functions but have hidden them when I last looked jamie _______________________________________________ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
