22.07.2016, 18:38, "Al Thomas" <astav...@yahoo.co.uk>: > From: Dr. Michael Lauer <mic...@vanille.de> > Sent: Friday, 22 July 2016, 15:42 > Subject: Re: [Vala] Just a news I've read about popularity langage > >> As an embedded system engineer I see huge potential using Vala in embedded >> Linux, it has not the runtime drawback of python and java, and is way >> simpler to use than C++, while C# has no porting to ARM. > > Yes. Unfortunately though the very useful POSIX profile has been removed from > VALA > and no substitute has been added. > > With a bit of work you could code without any dependency on GLib/GObject.The > basic types, int, etc. , can be rebound in a new binding. See the > glib-2.0.vapifor how int is bound to gint, etc. and then chance those to > standard C. > > Last time I tried I seem to remember a problem with valac when using > --nostdpkgSo that may need to be fixed first. > On IRC someone said they were using musl instead of glibc for Vala programs. > Not using GLib would still have the advantages of namespaces, compact classes > andVala's assisted memory management for bindings. So the loss of the Posix > profileis not such a great loss, it depends on what you are trying to achieve. > > If you want more sophisticated features like async have a look > at:https://github.com/apmasell/avr-vala > On the other hand a few megabytes for GLib is not a lot for modern > "embedded" systems running a linux distro. > Al
It is still possible to use POSIX profile with modern versions of Vala, have a look at this project: https://github.com/radare/posixvala But there are some GLib features that can't be implemented with POSIX profile: abstract classes, interfaces, async methods, non-compact classes, regular expressions. Regards, Dmitry _______________________________________________ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
