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Vala 0.56.17
============
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Add missing initializers for private fields of GSourceFuncs
+ Update array length variable passed to null-terminated ref parameter [#1536]
+ Properly pass through a null-terminated out argument
+ Refactor and cache parameter in loop
+ Only handle null-terminated array as such if there is no length given
- vala:
+ Allow declaration of static nested methods (local functions) [#1533]
+ Correctly use Path.build_path()
+ Point to the invalid initializer on error
+ Report invalid type in property assignment attempt [#1541]
+ Inherit important attributes for Property backing field
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0: Avoid unnecessary copying operations in FileStream.read_line()
- glib-2.0: Add SPACING_MARK, deprecate COMBINING_MARK
- glib-2.0: Add dev_t/gid_t/pid_t/uid_t/socklen_t types for compatibility
- gnu: add binding for flock(2) and its constants
Vala 0.56.16
============
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- girparser: Recognize usage of time_t and don't rely on given GIR type
- girparser: Recognize usage of off_t and don't rely on given GIR type
* Bindings:
- gio-2.0: Restore ApplicationCommandLine.print*_literal() to not require 2.80
- gmodule-2.0: Do not mark `Module.open` as deprecated
- gtk4: Preserve compatibility with < 4.14 [#1531]
- Regenerate for GIR-based bindings to pick up time_t fix (long vs time_t)
Vala 0.56.15
============
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Use GWeakRef for [SingleInstance] constructors
+ Remove static mutex initialization
+ Correctly return FALSE on uncaught error in async ctor
+ Cast generic return value from g_ptr_array_index()
+ Don't use pre-assigned *_parent_iface field if an instance is given [#1527]
+ Emit diagnostic pragmas for GCC 14, Clang 16 compatibility [#1408]
- vala:
+ Keep depfile empty if no dependencies were written
+ Treat negative integer/float ranks as non-compatible
+ Move formal_target_type when transforming method-call/object-creation
+ Follow the logic of GIrParser.locate_gir() to find gir files [#1518]
- girparser:
+ Don't blindly translate utf8 to string and check the ctype too
+ Issue a warning for `record` inside `transparent union`
+ Don't discard explictly given ctype of parameters
- libvaladoc: Fix build with graphviz >= 10.0.1 [#1524]
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0,posix: Define _GNU_SOURCE for sincos*() [#1519]
- gio-2.0: Fix pointer-sign errors of some uint8[]-typed paramters [#1529]
- gio-2.0,gmodule-2.0: Update from 2.79.x git
- gmodule-2.0: Improvements and updates from 2.76
- gtk4: Fix GLib.Value parameter in Expression.evaluate()
- gtk4: Update to 4.13.9~f46fb7c6
- libsoup-3.0: Don't skip uri_copy
- v4l2: Fix FrameivalEnum.stepwise type mismatch with v4l2_frmivalenum [#1517]
Vala 0.56.14
============
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen: Generate compatible wrapper of ref-void functions [#1486]
- vala: Prevent usage of strlen() on non-null-terminated string [#1485]
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0: Add new symbols from 2.78
- gstreamer-1.0: Make ElementFactory.make()'s name parameter default to null
- gtk4-wayland: Add the missing wayland-client bindings
- wayland-client: Complete the binding
Vala 0.56.13
============
* Bindings:
- gtk4: Restore CssProvider.load_from_data() signature to take an array
[#1478]
Vala 0.56.12
============
* Regression fix:
- vala: Only transform default initializers of parameters [#1474]
* Bindings:
- gtk4: Preserve compatibility with <= 4.8.x [#1475]
Vala 0.56.11
============
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- vala: Infer generic type from typeof() initializer of parameters
- girparser: Support glib:ref-func, glib:unref-func, copy-function
and free-function
* Bindings:
- gtk4: Update to 4.12.0
Vala 0.56.10
============
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen: Don't emit casts in static field initializers [#1459]
- parser: Reset tokens buffer when parsing a new source file
- vala: Output additional information when accessing unknown member
- vala: Allow "set" method of an container to return void or bool
- vala: Correctly handle possible null from SourceFile.get_source_line()
[#1464]
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0: Update return-type of HashTable.add/insert/replace() and
GenericSet.add() [#1465]
- linux: Add resolution field to Input.AbsInfo
- libpq: Fix a few binding errors
Vala 0.56.9
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen: Add missing EXTERN flag for GType function of error domains
[#1449]
- codegen: Improve handling of sealed classes [#1451]
- vala: Report an error when trying to chain up to inaccessible private
ctor [#1445]
- vala: Fix spaces for attributes when writing property accessors
- girwriter: Fix c:type attribute for real struct parameters [#1444]
- testrunner: Add support to check generated header
- manual: Update from wiki.gnome.org
* Bindings:
- gio-2.0: Ease implemention of GLib.ActionGroup [#1447]
- glib-2.0: Fix return-type of GLib.SourceOnceFunc [#1446]
- glib-2.0: Add ConvertError.{NO_MEMORY,EMBEDDED_NUL}
- gtk4: Pick up fix for Gdk.Toplevel.compute_size.size parameter
- vapi: Add documentation to GLib.Math that '-X -lm' may be needed when
compiling [#1388]
Vala 0.56.8
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen: Include "glib-object.h" when using GType/GBoxedCopyFunc
- valadoc: Backing method of lambda-expression isn't included in valadoc AST
- valadoc/tests: Add girwriter test
- build: Improve usage of AC_PATH_PROG() for valacs
- build: valadoc requires valac 0.18.1
* Bindings:
- gio-2.0: Add new symbols from 2.76
- glib-2.0: Add new symbols from 2.76
- glib-2.0: Fix binding of g_variant_type_n_items()
- gtk4: Don't skip AlertDialog ctor
Vala 0.56.7
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Fix usage of lambda-expression from delegate initializer [#1428]
- vala:
+ Check type-argument count of interface prerequisites
+ Improve Symbol.to_string() to include TypeParameters
+ Improve error message for wrong number of type-arguments
+ Improve check of type_reference in ObjectCreationExpression
+ Allow inheritance from sealed class in bindings [#1036]
- Fix a couple of type-argument issues in vala itself
- g-i: Fix compiling with mingw clang
* Bindings:
- gio-2.0,glib-2.0,gtk+-3.0,gtk4: Fix a few binding issues
- glib-2.0: g_chdir is declared in <glib/gstdio.h>
Vala 0.56.6
===========
* Regression fix:
- vala: Improve initialization of namespace fields with compound
literal [#1424]
* Bindings:
- gio-2.0,glib-2.0,gobject-2.0: Update 2.74 symbols
- webkit2gtk-4.*: Update to 2.40.0
- webkitgtk-6.0: Update to 2.40.0
Vala 0.56.5
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Consistently handle GLib.Error as boxed type [#1418]
+ Add cast to accessor calls for generic property implementations
+ Use g_object_class_override_property to implement generic interface
properties [#1419]
+ Add declaration for register call of dynamic DBus interfaces [#1422]
- vala:
+ Correctly handle pre/post-increment expression as index of element
access [#1417]
+ Set proper value-type of unary ref/out expression in initializers [#1421]
+ Allow assignment of namespace fields with inline allocated arrays
- gtkmodule: Improve error messages
* Bindings:
- gtk4: Update to 4.10.1~40b154bf from 0.58
- gtk4: Add sealed to all the final types
- gtk+-3.0: Fix ToolPalette.icon_size get-accessor type
- webkitgtk-6.0: Update to 2.39.90
Vala 0.56.4
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Add glib.h include for TRUE/FALSE literal
+ Append VALA_EXTERN also when using fast-vapi
+ Perform required casts for generic types of return-values and
in/out-parameters [#1407]
+ Correctly handle fixed-length array initialization of fields in classes
+ Perform required cast while assigning and passing function pointers [#1408]
+ Cast return value of generic type accessor functions [#1408]
+ Cast vfunc of property accessors by using cast_method_pointer() [#1408]
- vala:
+ Report error in real literal if exponent has no digits
+ Improve compatibility type checks of array elements in assignments
+ Improve missing exponent check for real literals
+ Better handling of [NoReturn] call inside finally clause
- Properly check for colored terminal output on Windows [#1383]
- Fix output decoding error of non-ASCII character on Win32 [#1379]
- parser: Properly handle chained equality expressions [#1385]
- manual: Update from wiki.gnome.org
* Bindings:
- cairo: Add missing Cairo.Pattern.get_rgba() [#1381]
- glib-2.0: Add `double_hash` and `double_equal`
- gtk4: Make Gtk.show_uri_full() an instance method of Gtk.Window [#1347]
- gtk4: Update workaround for DropTarget.drop() signal conflict [#1312]
- libgvc: Fix `cheader_filename` of the `Gvc` namespace
- pango: Fix a few binding errors
- pixman-1: Fix instance position of region copy methods
- webkit2gtk-*.*: Update to 2.37.91
- Add webkitgtk-6.0 bindings
- Update gnome-desktop-3.0 and gnome-desktop-4
Vala 0.56.3
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- vala: Don't unconditionally expect ObjectType of Class [#1341]
- vala: Make try-statement parsing more resilient [#1304]
- vala: Avoid problems with '\' in #line directives on Windows [#1353]
- gidlparser: Set source reference of parameters
* Bindings:
- atspi-2: Fix a few binding errors
- glib-2.0: Use g_abort for GLib.Process.abort() beginning with 2.50 [#1350]
- gtk+-3.0: Correctly unhide BindingSet.by_class to avoid Version attribute
Vala 0.56.2
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen: Correctly set array-length for NoAccessorMethods properties [#1316]
- codegen: Detect usage of static type-parameter in runtime context [#1326]
- vala: Avoid critical in SourceFile.get_mapped_length() [#1330]
- codegen: Make sure to initialize static collections
- codegen: Split reserved identifiers for C and Vala
- codegen: Check cname of fields and methods against reserved identfiers [#1329]
* Bindings:
- glib2.0: Add abs() to int8/int16/int32/ssize_t [#1328]
- Add initial wayland-client binding
- Add geocode-glib-2.0 binding
- Add rest-1.0 bindings
Vala 0.56.1
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- vala: Improve accessibility check inside member initializer [#1300]
- vala: Don't allow nullable enum value as real GObject property [#1074]
- valadoc: Include path to doclet in error message
- manual: Update from wiki.gnome.org
* Bindings:
- gtk4: Fix GLib.Value parameter in ContentProvider.get_value()
- gtk4: Split out gtk4-wayland and gtk4-x11 into separate bindings [#1308]
- gstreamer: Update from 1.21+ git main
- vapi: Update GIR-based bindings
Vala 0.56.0
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen: Drop confusing warning when accessing interface members
* Bindings:
- Add webkit2gtk-4.1 bindings
- glib-2.0: Fix memory management of TestSuite.add*/get_root() with 2.70 [#1295]
- libarchive: Fix a few binding errors
- SDL2_ttf: Fix a few binding errors
- tiff: Fix a few binding errors
Vala 0.55.91
============
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- girparser:
+ Handle duplicated and unnamed symbols
+ Add support for "copy_/free_function" metadata for compact classes
+ Don't count instance-parameter when checking for backwards closure
reference [#721]
* Bindings:
- gst-editing-services-1.0: Fix BaseEffect.set_time_translation_funcs()
- gstreamer-audio-1.0: Fix a few binding errors
- gstreamer-base-1.0: Fix a few binding errors
- gstreamer-video-1.0: Fix a few binding errors
- gtk4: Fix content_deserialize_async()
- libarchive: Fix a few binding errors
- libgsf-1: Fix a few binding errors
- libgrss: Fix FeedItem.get_geo_point() parameters
Vala 0.55.90
============
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Emit G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC() for interfaces with base class [#1292]
+ Emit G_DEFINE_AUTO_CLEANUP_CLEAR_FUNC() for structs [#1293]
+ Default to "has_type_id = false" for external error-domains
+ Emit GType definition for error domains [#699]
- vala:
+ Catch and throw possible inner error of lock statements [#83]
+ Keep error-code symbol reference in callable expression context
+ Allow delegate without target to be used as constant type
- girparser: Pick up type_id of error domains
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0: Update 2.70/72 symbols
- gstreamer: Update from 1.21.0+ git main
- vapi: Update GIR-based bindings
Vala 0.55.3
===========
* Highlights:
- Allow usage of dynamic on VarType [#187]
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen: Use correct target/destroy of delegate field initializer [#1285]
- codegen: Stop generating wrappers for dynamic property access
- gtkmodule: Improve UI parsing and handling of nested objects and properties
- vala:
+ Add missing TraverseVisitor.visit_data_type()
+ Improve check of generic type references in static contexts [#1284]
+ Make sure to drop our "trap" jump target in case of an error [#1287]
+ Move dynamic property errors to semantic analyzer pass
+ Free empty stack list for code contexts
+ Clear SemanticAnalyzer.current_{symbol,source_file} when not needed anymore
* Bindings:
- gio-2.0,glib-2.0,gobject-2.0: Update 2.72 symbols
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.90+ git main
- gtk4: Specify sentinel for GtkAcessible methods
- gtk4: Update to 4.6.0+06ec4ec1
- vapi: Update GIR-based bindings
Vala 0.55.2
===========
* Highlights:
- Add support for async main and yield statements in main block [#1275]
- Add foreach statement support for GLib.Array and GLib.Sequence
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Avoid symbol clashes with "va_*" from "stdarg.h"
+ Access of inline allocated array is guaranteed to be non null [#1282]
+ Don't uncoditionally null check callback_func for GLib.Closure [#1282]
+ Access of stack allocated struct is guaranteed to be non null [#1282]
+ Write array length of formal parameters with fixed length
- vala:
+ Require lvalue access of delegate target/destroy "fields" [#857]
+ Implement missing YieldStatement.accept()
+ Add support to infer return type of dynamic signals
+ Transform assignment of an array element as needed [#889] [#1258]
- parser: Reduce the source reference of main block method to its beginning
- parser: Improve handling of nullable VarType in with-statement
- manual: Update from wiki.gnome.org
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0,gio-2.0: Update 2.72 symbols
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.3+ git master
- gtk4: Update to 4.6.0+a092986a
- glib-2.0: Fix criticals in string.joinv() with arrays that start with null
- vapi: Add linux-media bindings (linux/media.h)
- alsa: Add/fix *.alloca() functions
- posix: Add limits.h binding
- v4l2: Update V4l2.Capabilities and fix some inline arrays
Vala 0.55.1
===========
* Highlights:
- Add support for partial classes [#370]
- Add support for nested methods (local functions) [#1232]
- Add multi-line support to Vala.Report [#764]
- Support "emit" for explicit signal emission
- Add native support to specify non default length-type for arrays [#607]
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Move some errors to semantic analyzer pass
+ Stop generating wrappers for dynamic signal connections
+ gdbus: Use g_dbus_method_invocation_take_error() as simplification
+ Initialize type parameter properties for generics earlier [#67]
+ Initialize "result" variable on declaration for abstract methods only
+ Use __once instead of __volatile in generated code
+ Generated SimpleType structs don't have a type id
- vala:
+ Add optional SourceReference parameter to DataType classes
+ Preserve the source reference when resolving data types
+ Set source references of created DataType instances in OCE
+ Set TypeParameter as symbol of GenericType
+ Add accessibility check of type for constants and structs base type
+ Don't allow casting to void [#1070]
+ Don't allow casting real structs to classes or simple-types [#1249]
+ Check accessibility of initializer for constant and enum value
+ Show source location when reporting deprecations
* Bindings:
- Add gnome-desktop-4, gnome-bg-4 and gnome-rr-4 bindings
- Add libsoup-3.0 binding
- Add webkit2gtk-5.0 bindings
- glib-2.0: Add Unicode 14.0 symbols
- glib-2.0: Update 2.72 symbols
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.3+ git master
- gstreamer-1.0: Make Gst.Uri a sealed class
- gtk4: Update to 4.6.0+06e5da45
- webkit2gtk-*.0: Update to 2.35.1
- vapi: Update GIR-based bindings
Vala 0.54.6
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Allow boxing of non-external SimpleType structs [#1273]
+ Cast given default-value of struct with possible member initializer [#1272]
+ Clear existing length values when revisiting a slice expression [#1274]
- vala:
+ Allow unsafe assignment of integer to enum while reporting a notice
+ Non nullable enum types are simple types [#1268]
+ Correctly replace "in" expression in pre-/postconditions of method [#1269]
* Bindings:
- gio-2.0: Add custom MemoryOutputStream.with_*data() wrappers [#1271]
Vala 0.54.5
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Correctly handle chain up of struct creation methods [#1264]
+ Use a dedicated EmitContext for _variant_get*() functions
+ gtkmodule: Handle nested closure elements and bind them accordingly [#1262]
- vala:
+ NullLiteral is not a valid argument for string concatenation [#1260]
+ Set is_yield_expression in async context when chaining up to async base ctor
+ Report statement parsing error if it is not meant to be an expression [#1261]
+ girparser: Avoid possibily creating duplicated attributes
- vapigen.m4: use $PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0: Always use the actual C type for CCode.array_length_type
- gstreamer: Cherry-pick bindings fixes from 0.56
- gstreamer-1.0: Unskip the ElementFactory.make/create_full() symbols
Vala 0.54.4
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Use CCodeConstant for member access of constant symbol
+ Emit constants without initializer list in defines section [#440]
+ Add and use CCodeConstantIdentifier for accessing constants
+ Check required length of enum type name for GType support
+ Add missing check while overriding virtual async interface methods [#852]
+ Drop inconsistent space for ObjectType parameters
+ Accept CCode.type attribute on parameters [#876]
+ Fix CCodeUnaryExpression.write() for PREFIX_INCREMENT/PREFIX_DECREMENT
- vala:
+ Improve error message for invalid handler of dynamic signal
+ Using SignalHandler.disconnect() is required for dynamic signals
+ Check for unavailable value-type of variable initializer [#1253]
+ Add [Profile] as known attribute for methods
+ Report error on missing gio-2.0 package for async constructors
+ Fix signals with generic return
+ parser: Split out Parser.parse_switch_section_statement()
+ parser: Better handling of misplaced switch sections [#1246]
- genie:
+ Amend text of indent and dedent for error messages [#497]
+ Accept INTERR token before type arguments when parsing type [#1245]
+ Properly handle plain "get" or "set" property accessors [#1248]
+ "exception" is the expected string for TokenType.ERRORDOMAIN
+ Accept accessibility/async modifiers on "construct" creation methods [#1235]
- girparser: Accept "sealed" for transformed records and compact classes
- gtkmodule: Improve error message for invalid signal element in ui-file
- build: Add "test-update" which passed UPDATE_EXPECTED=1 to refresh c-expected
- tests: Rename colliding test cases to avoid conflicts
* Bindings:
- alsa: Add more API and fix a few things
- gnome-desktop-3.0: Some parameter fixes
- gstreamer: Cherry-pick bindings fixes from 0.56
- gstreamer-base-1.0: Some parameter fixes [#1255]
- gtk4: Update to 4.5.0~cd9b7307
- pango: Cherry-pick bindings fixes from 0.56
Vala 0.54.3
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen: Actually free data when using "remove(_all)"
on GLib.Queue/(S)List [#1238]
- vala:
+ Parameter following ellipsis parameter is not allowed [#1237]
+ More thorough check of ValueType and set CodeNode.error on failure
+ Really check compatiblity of error types for delegate symbol
+ Correctly output signature of callable throwing error
+ Report error for non ErrorType in throws
+ Implement CodeWriter.visit_foreach_statement()/visit_catch_clause()
- parser: Make sure ErrorCodes are accessible as needed
- girparser: Add support for "ref_/ref_sink_/unref_function"
metadata for classes [#1233]
Vala 0.54.2
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- vala:
+ Multi-dimensional params-array not allowed [#1230]
+ Accept NullType as generic type argument
+ Set source references of created DataType instances in OCE
* Bindings:
- gio-2.0: Update to 2.71.0~a0d2efdc
- glib-2.0: Update 2.70 symbols
- gtk4: Update to 4.5.0~da5efea6
Vala 0.54.1
===========
* Regression and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Add type declaration for implicit temporary local variable
+ Sealed class in external package is not special [#1229]
* Bindings:
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
- gtk4: Update to 4.5.0~3e20ecd6
Vala 0.54.0
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- vala: Warn about unsupported cast to void and drop it [#1070]
- vala: Don't restrict element type of GLib.Array [#1227]
- valadoc: Correctly format background of inline @link's [#1226]
* Bindings:
- gio-2.0: Unhide a few usable symbols which are marked not introspectable [#1222]
Vala 0.53.2
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Fix property access inside opaque compact class
+ Add missing cast to access base-class members in class/static ctor [#1221]
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0: Current constants in GLib.Math are part of glib.h [#1220]
- glib-2.0: Add RefString since 2.58 [#723]
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
- gtk4: Update to 4.5.0~e681fdd9
- vapi: Update GIR-based bindings
Vala 0.53.1
===========
* Highlights:
- Support explicit nullable var-type declarations [#1146]
- Add support for variadic delegates [#160]
- Add support for sealed classes [#278]
- Add support for null-safe access operator [#522]
- Emit external creation methods in bindings
- Introduce VALA_EXPORT for public symbols to improve portability
- girwriter:
+ Use "optional" and "nullable" instead of deprecated "allow-none"
+ Improve struct creation method binding
- girparser:
+ Improve instance method detection [#1210]
+ Never skip "function" elements
+ Add "move-to" value of functions as Version.replacement
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Use ssize_t for length variables in common array helper functions
+ Fix support for public fields on GLib.Source subclasses
- vala:
+ Add Profile.LIBC as synonym for POSIX and accept "libc" profile
+ Improve semantic check of simple type structs
+ Refactor UnresolvedSymbol/Type constructors
+ Properly check GLib.Object naming convention for properties
+ Add foreach statement support for GLib.GenericArray
- build: Add "test-asan" make target for convenience
- build: Add --enable-test-ubsan configure option and "test-ubsan" make target
- build: Use jing to verify generated GIR file, if available
- testrunner: Allow checking generated C sources
* Bindings:
- Remove gedit-2.20 and webkit-1.0 bindings
- gio-2.0,glib-2.0: Add new symbols from 2.69.0
- gio-2.0: Improve DatagramBased.create_source() binding
- glib-2.0: Wrap TimeZone.identifier() constuctor for proper error support
- gstreamer-rtp-1.0: Fix some bindings errors [#1177]
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
- javascriptcoregtk-4.0: Fix JSC.Class.add_property() binding
- linux: Add SocketCAN bindings, and ISOTP constants and options
- webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.33.3
Vala 0.52.5
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Allow null to initialize non-null struct inside initializer list [#594]
+ Implementing GLib.Source.prepare/check is optional since 2.36
+ Fix variadic constructors for compact classes and structs [#1195]
+ Use detroy_value() for delete statement [#1201]
+ Fix params-array in constructor for struct [#1202]
- vala:
+ Rely on DataType.to_qualified_string() for error-types [#1206]
+ Disallow resize() for constant arrays [#944]
- Recognize multiple valid CCode.gir_namespace/_version in VAPI files [#1189]
- Slightly improve source_reference for get_dup_func_expression()
- girwriter:
+ Respect GIR.name for constants, errordomains and delegates [#1196]
+ Add explicit writable attribute to all field elements
+ Fix position of "result" parameter for struct constructor
+ Write missing c:type attribute of compact class record
- girparser: Add support for "final" class attribute
- tests/girwriter: Add missing [Flags] annotation
- testrunner: Add support for girwriter tests
- docs: Update bootstrap instructions in README.md
* Bindings:
- Partly revert "gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master" [#1210]
- glib-2.0: expected_type and return value of VariantDict.lookup_value()
is nullable
- glib-2.0: Add Uri.to_string/to_string_partial() (since 2.66)
- gobject-2.0: Fix the Closure.invoke() signature
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
- gtk4: Update to 4.3.2+04f3c805
- linux: Substitute linux/if.h with net/if.h
- linux: Fix some bindings errors
- linux: Fix i2c-dev constants
Vala 0.52.4
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ GArray, GByteArray and GPtrArray are reference counted
+ Replace wrongly hard coded usage of G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS
+ Don't add errornous cast for unknown type_symbol
+ Mark entry point method implementation "_vala_main" as static
+ Improve check for GLib.Source derived classes
- vala: Parameter following params-array parameter is not allowed
- doc: Update man page to include more information on profiles
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0: Add missing has_typedef attributes on SourceFuncs delegates
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
- gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.24.29+f9fe28ce
- gtk4: Update to 4.3.0+24f0ae1d
- pango: Mark language parameter of AttrIterator.get_font() as out
- vapi: Update GIR-based bindings
Vala 0.52.3
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Apply gconstpointer to gpointer cast to GenericType only
+ Fix access to captured generics in async method of interfaces (2)
+ Use if-clause for is_in_destructor() condition to be more clear
+ Add missing "_return" label and "_inner_error*_" declaration in dtors
+ Don't use G_GNUC_INTERNAL on implicit type specific fields
- vala:
+ length-type of arrays must not be nullable
+ Report a warning for unhandled errors in destructors
- parser:
+ Minor semantic checks to improve error messages
+ Allow empty member-initializer and accept trailing comma
+ Include INTERR token in source_reference of parsed types
Vala 0.52.2
===========
* Regression and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Don't free temp-var for element-access to array with boxed structs [#1174]
+ Don't free unowned heap allocated struct
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0: Add simple_generics attribute to GenericArray.find_custom()
Vala 0.52.1
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Improve handling of ellipsis parameter in get_ccode_name()
+ Fix default value of get_ccode_destroy_notify_pos()
+ Don't override valid target/destroy of previous lambda argument [#59]
+ Don't call *_instance_init() in compact class chainup
- vala: Mark tranformed static member-access as qualified [#270]
- parser: Stricter mode for chained member initializer with --keep-going [#1158]
- girwriter: namespace expects "c:symbol-prefixes" attribute [#1038]
- girwriter: Don't use instance-parameter inside callback [#1167]
- girparser,libvaladoc/girimporter: Don't guess length of xml header, iterate
forward to <repository>
- libvaladoc/girimporter: parse_constant() use "c:identifier" attribute first
* Bindings:
- gsl: Add BLAS module [#1149]
- rest-0.7: Fix OAuthProxyAuthCallback binding
- gtk+-3.0: Fix ModuleInitFunc binding
- gio-2.0: Fix TlsPassword.get_value() binding
- Fix several bindings which lead to invalid code by using them in:
javascriptcoregtk-4.0, libusb, libusb-1.0, pixman-1,
webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.0, x11, zlib,
Vala 0.52.0
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen: Include "glib.h" for deprecated symbols (GOBJECT) [#1155]
- vala: Improve error for incompatible expressions in conditional expression
- vala: Check for unused attributes unconditionally
- girparser: Allow overriding of "Compact" attribute for classes
- girparser: Handle empty "<type/>" element and report an error
- girparser: Add support for NoWrapper metadata for methods
- build: Add --enable-test-asan configure option
* Bindings:
- gio-2.0: Add some missing NoWrapper and CCode.has_typedef attributes
- gnutls: Fix some binding errors
- gsl: Fix some binding errors
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
- gtk4: Add Gtk.INVALID_LIST_POSITION [#1151]
- gtk4-unix-print: Switch to gir
- gtk4: Update to 4.1.2
- linux: Provide Input.Event.input_event_sec/input_event_usec fields [#1152]
- vapi: Fix a couple of attribute typos
- webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.31.91
Vala 0.51.91
============
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Error for missing type-arguments of HashTable (de)serialization [#1147]
+ Free intermediate temp-variables of postcondition expression [#80]
+ Use the one available source_reference for internal error [#436]
+ Fix access to captured generics in async method of interfaces [#537]
+ Don't ever create null-aware free macro for GenericType
+ Don't add generics arguments/parameters to async finish method
+ Drop inner casts before converting between generics and integers
- vala:
+ Add missing null-check in DataType.get_type_signature()
+ Check array type of declarations for errornous type-arguments
+ Check (optional) type-arguments of array creation expression
+ Replace all type parameter occurances in parameters for signal delegate
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0,gio-2.0: Add some missing type-arguments
- vapi: Update GIR-based bindings
Vala 0.51.90
============
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ More use of get_ccode_type_name()
+ "_first_array" parameter for params-array is variadic too
+ Inherit GType from base struct of SimpleType structs
- vala:
+ Report warning if --target-glib=auto was not evaluated successfully
+ Fix ownership inheritance of "unowned var" in foreach statement
+ Use pre-resolved symbol/type of SemanticAnalyzer if possible
- gdbus: Don't leak memory of deserialized arguments on error in wrapper method
- girparser: Reuse populated Node.gtype_struct_for instead of resolving again
- girparser: Evaluate "glib:type-struct" twice to pick up reparented structs
- testrunner: Include Gio-2.0/gio-2.0 for GIR tests too
* Bindings:
- gtk4: Update to 4.1.1+f8f90d85
Vala 0.51.3
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Don't use volatile modifier in glib API when targetting >= 2.68 [glib!1719]
+ CCodeBaseModule.get_type_id_expression () won't return null
+ Don't wrongly emit declaration for default-handler of signals
+ Include "string.h" for strcmp() (POSIX)
- vala:
+ Generics value holding struct pointer requires casting on access [#347]
+ Infer needle type for "in" expression on enum [#1138]
+ Don't allow "in" operation with different enum types [#1139]
+ Improve context check whether property is writeable on assignments
+ Include "stdlib.h" for Enum.to_string() (POSIX) [#1143]
+ Set proper source_reference for implicit "this" and "result" variables
+ Report error for invalid inner operand of unary expressions
- girwriter: Output default handler of signals
* Bindings:
- glib-2.0: Add new symbols from 2.68
- webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.31.90
- vapi: Update GIR-based bindings
Vala 0.51.2
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- vala:
+ Check type-arguments in base-types/prerequisites of class/interface [#404]
+ Include type-checks in preconditions of methods for type narrowing [#894]
+ Capturing va_list parameters/variables is not allowed [#1136]
+ Properly parse and handle chained initialization of members [#1137]
- codewriter: Output valid vala syntax for LoopStatement and don't write
trailing ";" after body of WithStatement
* Bindings:
+ gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
+ vapi: Update GIR-based bindings
Vala 0.51.1
===========
* Highlights:
- Support "binding" to bind GtkCallback to class of given property [#1093]
- Add support for type narrowing [#894]
- Support chain up to simple generics constructor [#342]
- Perform runtime version check of libvala [#88]
- girparser: Handle anonymous delegate not backed by virtual-method or signal
- Add support for 'opaque' compact classes [#1129]
- Add further support for params arrays in constructors [#128]
- Improve handling of "NoWrapper" attribute
- Improve support of SimpleType struct constructors
- Use __attribute__ instead of G_GNUC_* in POSIX profile
- Add SDL 2.x bindings [#1032] amd drop SDL 1.x
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Improve GValueModule.visit_cast_expression()
+ Drop obsolete dedicated handling of property value-parameter
+ Apply CCodeModifiers.PRINTF to "string_printf" (POSIX)
+ Allow CCode.type_cname for classes and use get_ccode_type_name()
+ Always use G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS/INTERFACE for external symbols
+ Also check array type of variable argument for ref parameters
+ Don't leak array memory after it was implicitly copied
+ Use g_boxed_free in free-wrapper for heap-allocated GLib.Value
+ Don't leak GLib.Value when implicitly unboxing it
+ Don't leak memory moving heap-allocated struct to stack
+ Chain up to base struct destroy function
+ Use g_memdup2 if target glib >= 2.68 is set
+ Replace "g_memdup" with "_vala_memdup2" for target glib < 2.68
+ Correctly retrieve symbol_reference of nested cast expressions [#1134]
+ Strip all nested occurances of CCodeCastExpression [#1134]
- vala:
+ Improve detection of duplicate package source files
+ GtkChild fields/properties must be declared as unowned [#1121]
+ Don't allow assigning GtkChild fields/properties [#1121]
+ Apply stricter condition for lambda to delegate assignment
+ Don't allow disposable SimpleType structs
+ Rename Loop to LoopStatement and introduce a common base class
+ GLib.Value unboxing returns unowned value
+ Don't allow GLib.Value casting to nullable struct/simple types
+ Add Block.unreachable_exit and have it set by FlowAnalyzer [#838]
+ Convert Report.*() to real printf-like functions
+ Avoid taking extra reference of foreach collection for index iteration
+ Make sure parent_symbol for special async parameters is available
+ Require a valid DataType instance for every TargetValue
- girparser:
+ Minor improvement to field getter detection
+ Apply "delegate_target" metadata for methods and parameters
+ Apply "destroy_notify_cname" metadata for fields
+ Apply "type_get_function" metadata for classes and inferfaces
+ Set CCode.type_cname for classes if it doesn't match our default
- girwriter: Infer gir_namespace/version from target GIR filename [#606]
- girwriter: Write instance-parameter elements [#1128]
- libvaladoc/html: Don't sort struct fields to keep their original order
- libvaladoc: Correctly retrieve value for Api.Class.is_compact
- libvaladoc: Add wrapper for "agedge" of graphviz
- valadoc: Correctly set verbose flag on CodeContext
- valadoc: Replace png icons with elementary's svg version
* Bindings:
- Add enchant-2 bindings for Enchant 2.x
- Add gnu.vapi with binding for getopt_long() and some other GNU APIs
- Add libunwind-generic binding
- Fix several bindings which lead to invalid code by using them in:
cairo, gobject-2.0, pango, goocanvas-2.0, curses, alsa, bzlib, sqlite3,
libgvc, posix, gstreamer-1.0, gdk-3.0, gdk-x11-3.0, gtk+-3.0, gtk4,
fuse, libxml-2.0
- curses: Remove initial “w” from some Window method names for consistency
- gdk-pixbuf-2.0: Fix Pixbuf.save_to_streamv_async()
- gdk-pixbuf-2.0: Update to 2.42.3~
- gio-2.0: Fix binding of PollableOutputStream.write*_nonblocking()
- gio-2.0,gtk+-3.0,gtk4: Drop explicit c-type attributes of va_list parameters
- gio-2.0: Pick up missing invoker for some AppInfo/File.*() methods
- gio-2.0: Update to 2.67.3
- glib-2.0: Add GLib.[S]List.is_empty() convenience methods for non-null
- glib-2.0: Add new symbols from 2.68
- glib-2.0: Bind assert_cmp* functions [#395]
- glib-2.0: Improve type of OptionEntry.flags field
- glib-2.0: Make PtrArray a subclass of GenericArray
- gobject-2.0: Add new symbols from 2.68
- gstreamer-1.0: Set CCode.type_id of MiniObject to G_TYPE_BOXED [#1133]
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
- gtk+-2.0,javascriptcoregtk-4.0: Wrong usage of CCode.type_cname attribute
- gtk+-3.0,gtk4: Fix some delegate return values and parameters
- gtk4: Update to 4.1.0+2712f536
- posix: Add POSIX, GNU and BSD Regex APIs
- webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.31.1
Vala 0.50.3
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Use CCodeInvalidExpression instead of place holders
+ Don't leak memory of already assigned out-parameter on error [#1123]
+ Don't leak memory on internal value comparison of property setter
+ Fix assignment of casted struct value to property [#1126]
- vala:
+ Report an error if gio-2.0 is missing for DBus support
+ Add missing TraverseVisitor.visit_addressof_expression()
+ value_type of PointerIndirection expressions must not be owned [#1118]
+ SliceExpression need to return heap-allocated or unowned references [#1120]
+ Accept "unowned var" as type for foreach variable declaration [#152]
+ Ownership transfer of inline-allocated array is not allowed [#931]
- tests: Use Automake’s parallel test driver to speed up running tests [#1094]
- testrunner: A lot of simplifications
* Bindings:
- gio-2.0: Fix DBusSubtreeIntrospectFunc binding
- gstreamer-1.0: Fix direction of GLib.Value typed parameters [#1014]
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
- gtk4: Use correct cheader_include for wayland/x11 gdk backend [#1112]
- gtk4: Don't rename binding for gtk_css_provider_load_from_data [#1117]
- gtk4: Update to 4.0.1
- webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.30.3
Vala 0.50.2
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ More use of delegate_target_type and delegate_target_destroy_type
+ Reduce get_delegate_target/get_delegate_target_destroy_notify calls
+ Don't use inferred type for temp-value to access generic property [#1088]
+ Update outdated array _size_ variable of captured local-variable [#1090]
+ Report internal error for unsupported collection type in foreach
- vala:
+ Issue an error on void initializer for local-variable
+ Allow markup-reader to accept spaces around '=' of attribute assignment
+ CodeNode.source_reference is optional, so let the API respect that
+ Use DataType.compatible() to check for string concatenation [#1100]
- valadoc: Don't call CodeContext.pop() on empty stack [#1064]
- libvaladoc: Don't filter-out generic type-parameters of delegates
- libvaladoc/girimporter: Skip "docsection" elements in <namespace>
- testrunner: Add "-Werror=return-local-addr" flag
- manual: Update from wiki.gnome.org
* Bindings:
- alsa: Fix PcmDevice.set_poll_descriptors_revents() binding [#1092]
- curses: Add Terminfo API set, function keycodes F(n) and minor changes
- curses: Correctly use [PrintfFormat] attribute
- glib-2.0: Fix return-type of Uri.parse_params() binding
- glib-2.0: Add return codes to FileStream.putc/puts(), like posix
- glib-2.0: Add GenericArray.find_custom(), variant of find_with_equal_func()
- glib-2.0: Improve GenericArray.length property
- gio-2.0: Fix binding of Resolver.lookup_service*()
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
- gtk4: Attribute Gsk.ShaderArgsBuilder.free_to_args with DestroysInstance
- gtk4: Update to 3.99.4+7551f85d [#1089]
- linux: Add missing struct in cname for Spi.IocTransfer
- posix: Declare fstat, stat, lstat and fstatat as public [#1086]
- posix: Add freopen binding, as FILE.reopen()
- rest-0.7: Fix ParamsIter.next() binding
- vapi: Update GIR-based bindings
Vala 0.50.1
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen:
+ Don't falsly use g_return_val_if_fail() for async creation method [#1077]
+ Don't pass CCodeFunctionCall to NULL-aware free macro
- vala:
+ Improve parsing of with-statement and allow it as embedded statement
+ Prioritize the usage of an existing with-variable instance,
Recognize previously inserted implicit access to with-variable [#1043]
- parser: Allow to begin expression with statement keyword [#1073]
- g-i: Fix a couple of C compiler warnings
- libvaladoc: Fix a couple of C compiler warnings
- testrunner: Pass --enable-checking to increase coverage, Filter external
-0X flags to preserve current default -O0
- build: Stop passing obsolete --use-header
* Bindings:
- gstreamer: Update from 1.19.0+ git master
- gtk4: Don't skip LayoutManager.create_layout_child() [#1071]
- gtk4: Update to 3.99.1+15b635d7
- vapi: Update GIR-based bindings
- webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.30.1
Vala 0.50.0
===========
* Various improvements and bug fixes:
- codegen: The actual struct size is required for calloc (POSIX) [#1068]