4 - codegen: Don't try to infer error argument on async begin methods [#793158]
5 This was a regression introduced by [#614294]
11 + Set NoAccessorMethod for non-readable and construct-only properties
12 + Ignore conflicting closure/destroy indexes
13 + Don't accept methods as property-accessor which throw errors [#792998]
15 + Infer error parameter from abstract/virtual base methods [#614294]
16 + Fix return-type for cancelled async creation methods of classes [#792942]
17 - vala: Variadic constructors without a real first parameter are not allowed
21 * Various improvements and bug fixes:
22 - codegen: Add destroy param when invoking delegate returned by delegate
24 - gidlparser: Update type qualifiers
25 - vala: Fix parameter type inference of overridden async methods [#792660]
26 - codewriter: Don't use string.replace() to apply header_to_override [#731322]
29 - glib-2.0: Add GLib.OPTION_REMAINING and GLib.OptionFlags.NONE
30 - gtk+-2.0: Mark MessageDialog constructor parameter, message_format, as
32 - gtk+-2.0/3.0: Don't hide user_data in Clipboard.set_with_data() [#792237]
33 - gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.22.26+6f26d0dc
34 - libwnck-3.0: Update to 3.24.1
35 - posix: Add ctime(3) and fix binding of struct hostent and gethostbyname(3)
36 - webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.19.5
37 - webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.0: Fix DOM.EventTarget interface
42 - Enforce name-length >= 3 for structs using GType [#764041]
43 - Report error for missing type-parameter on enclosing type [#587905]
44 - Discover invalid member access to instance field [#790903]
45 - Improve error output of mismatching overriding methods
46 - vala: Don't transform an explicit "null" into valid format-string [#791215]
47 - codegen: Don't create null-safe destroy-wrapper for GenericType [#791283]
48 - Improve error message for missing type-parameter on enclosing type [#587905]
51 - Allow change of parameter names
52 - Handle metadata for fields inside a transparent union
53 - Accept setters with boolean return-type as valid property-accessor
54 - Don't mark simple-type out-parameters with '?' as nullable
57 - gobject-2.0: Add some missing symbols
58 - gstreamer-1.0: Bind GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE/*_WITH_TS [#785215]
59 - gstreamer-1.0: Cherry-pick some fixes from 0.38 branch
60 - gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.22.26+9ce824d3
61 - glib-2.0: Fix potential null pointer dereference in string.joinv() [#791257]
62 - gobject-2.0: Add missing GType constants for fundamentals [#791023]
67 - codegen: Prioritize "array_length=true" over "array_null_terminated=true"
69 - codegen: Avoid possible conflicts with internal property/signal defines
73 - gio-2.0: Expose g_task_get_source_object as Task.get_unowned_source_object
74 - gtk+-4.0: Update to 3.92.1
75 - libxml-2.0: Add DTD methods [#789442]
80 - codegen: Support renamed signals [#731547]
81 - Optimize (de)serialization of arrays with type-signature "ay" [#772426]
82 - codegen: Try to use a more unique internal define for properties [#787436]
83 - vala: Update list of used attributes
84 - method: Include ownership transfer classifier for return-type mismatch
87 - glib-2.0: Bind g_convert_with_fallback() and g_convert_with_iconv()
88 - gio-2.0: Add DBusConnection 'closed' signal as 'on_closed' [#684358]
89 - gstreamer-1.0, gio-2.0: Various fixes
90 - gnutls: Fix free_function ccode-attribute of Certificate [#788181]
91 - gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.22.24
92 - webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.18
98 + Initialize temp-variable for fixed-size arrays to zero first [#787152]
99 + Actually write declaration for GNodeTraverseFunc wrapper [#786845]
100 + Don't transfer ownership of variable if target-type is unknown [#736774]
101 + Adjust format-index for printf/scanf-methods which throw errors [#781061]
102 + Include glib-object.h for Enums/Structs with type_id
103 - vapigen: Mark given source-files as such and force girparser to handle them
104 - tests: Fix some syntax issues [#786652]
105 - Add .editorconfig file [#786620]
108 - gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.22.19+70b61973
109 - gtk+-4.0: Update to 3.91.2+80e32390
110 - gtk+-4.0: Make Gsk.Texturer.for_*() static factory methods
111 - libgdata: Make Authorizer.reauth_* methods virtual [#779229]
112 - libxml-2.0: Update Xml.ParserOption [#785585]
113 - libxml-2.0: Bind xmlLastElementChild and xmlPreviousElementSibling
114 - gobject-2.0: Add required type_id attributes to all ParamSpec subclasses
120 - Don't warn about deprecated symbols if installed_version is older
121 - Add --gresourcesdir option [#783133]
124 - gdbus: Don't leak nested HashTable on deserialization [#782719]
125 - Fix finally blocks with async yields [#741929]
126 - Handle non-null in coalescing expression [#611223]
127 - Make the task_complete flag for < 2.44 more similar to >= 2.44 [#783543]
128 - Nullable ValueType requires POINTER as marshaller signature [#783897]
129 - NoAccessorMethod attribute is allowed for gobject-properties only
130 - girparser: Fix parsing of delegate-alias without target
131 - compiler: Use API_VERSION instead of stripping PACKAGE_SUFFIX
132 - girwriter: Write length-parameters of arrays with rank > 1 [#758019]
135 - gio-2.0: Use default 'length = null' for DataInputStream.read_line_utf8*
137 - gobject-2.0: Add GLib.ParamSpecPointer
138 - poppler-glib: Update to 0.54.0
139 - gstreamer-1.0: Various binding fixes
144 - scanner: Fix calculation of column value for tokens after multiline comment
146 - codegen: Unref GLib.AsyncResult on uncaught errors in coroutines [#641171]
147 - Keep initializing result-variable for struct constructors [#782056]
152 - Enums require at least one value otherwise report an error
155 - gstreamer-1.0: Update to 1.11.90+
156 - gio-2.0: Fix GLib.Task constructor and report_error/report_new_error()
157 - glib-2.0: Add quark() functions to errordomains,
158 Add missing version macro and constants,
163 - Always consider a method compatible with itself [#773135]
164 - Perform arguments-check against actual .end() method-signature [#684208]
165 - Slightly improve lamdba-expression error on target-type mismatch
166 - Fix delegate initializer for instance fields [#683925]
167 - Don't leak target-reference when casting/assigning owned delegates [#780426]
169 * GIR parser and writer:
170 - girparser: Add destroy argument for metadata [#750838]
171 - vapigen: Add --nostdpkg option like in valac
174 - gstreamer-1.0: Fix Pad.set_*_function() bindings [#750838]
175 - glib-2.0: Add missing version macro and constants,
176 unichar.to_string doesn't return null
177 - gtk+-2.0,gtk+-3.0: Mark "intersection" param of Widget.intersect() as out
178 - gtk+-4.0: Update to 3.90.0
184 - Update manual using DocBook from wiki.gnome.org as source [#779090]
185 - Add support for array-parameters with rank > 1 in signals [#778632]
186 - Use GTask instead of GSimpleAsyncResult with GLib 2.36/2.44 target [#763345]
187 - Deny access to protected constructors [#760031]
188 - Support [DBus (signature = ...)] for properties [#744595]
189 - Add [CCode ("finish_instance = ...")] attribute [#710103]
190 - Support [HasEmitter] for vala sources [#681356]
191 - Add support for the \v escape charactor [#664689]
192 - Add explicit copy method for arrays [#650663]
193 - Allow underscores in type parameter names [#644938]
194 - Support [FormatArg] attribute for parameters
195 - Ignore --thread commandline option and drop gthread-2.0 references
196 - Check inferred generic-types of MemberAccess [#775466]
197 - Check generic-types count of DelegateType [#772204]
198 - Fix type checking when using generics in combination with subtype [#615830]
199 - Fix type parameter check for overriding generic methods
200 - Use g_signal_emit where possible [#641828]
201 - Only emit notify of properties if value actually changed [#631267] [#779955]
202 - Mark chained relational expressions as stable [#677022]
203 - Perform more thorough compatibility check of inherited properties [#779038]
204 - Handle nullable ValueTypes in signals delegates properly [#758816]
207 - gtk+-4.0, gtk+-unix-print-{2,3,4}.0, libgrss
212 * Updated bindings. Some fixes may need to be wrapped in your Vala code
213 with the preparser directive #if VALA_0_36
214 - cairo: Add bindings for cairo_*_user_data()
215 - clutter-1.0: Fix constructors which weren't detected as such
216 - clutter-gst-2.0: Skip VideoTexture.get_audio_streams/get_subtitle_tracks
217 - clutter-gst-3.0: Three commits
218 - gdk-2.0: Include gdk/gdkkeysyms.h for Gdk.Key
219 - gdk-3.0: Three commits
220 - gdk-pixbuf-2.0: Three commits
221 - gobject-introspection-1.0: Prettify and fix the whole thing
222 - gsl.vapi: Fix attribute typos
223 - gstreamer-1.0: Make ElementFactory.get_static_pad_templates fully "unowned",
224 Mark *.make_writable with "ReturnsModifiedPointer",
225 Fix Gst.Base.Adapter.map/take bindings
226 - gtk+-3.0: Various updates
227 - gtk+-X.0: Mark "iter" param of ListStore.remove() as ref
228 - libarchive: Add ReadDisk
229 - libxml-2.0: Adding missing API and nullable parameters
230 - linux: add non-posix fcntl constants
231 - polkit-gobject-1: Fix constructors which weren't detected as such
232 - poppler-glib: Update to 0.52.0
233 - rest-0.7: Fix some ownership problems
234 - sdl: Make Palette and PixelFormat a struct
235 - webkit2gtk-4.0: Update to 2.16
236 - webkit2gtk: URI*.get_http_headers returns unowned Soup.MessageHeaders
238 * Updated GLib core bindings:
240 + Fix async constructors of DBusConnection,DBusObjectManagerClient...
241 + Fix binding of Resolver.lookup_service*()
242 + Keep GLib.Socket API compatible with gio < 2.48
243 + Update SettingsBackend related bindings
244 + Add/"Unlock" missing GTask symbols
246 + Add "g_unix_mounts_for" and fix "g_unix_mount_at"
248 + Add GPOINTER_TO_* as from_pointer()
249 + Add G_CHECKSUM_SHA384
250 + Add "g_utf8_make_valid"
251 + Add more Error bindings
252 + Add simple fast-path to string.replace()
253 + Add UCS-4 and UTF-16 related bindings
255 + Fix g_bookmark_file_load_from_*/to_file bindings
256 + Mark delegates in Test.add_data_func/add_func() as scope=async
257 + Mark va_list.arg() with simple-generics to allow int64 or double
258 + Update Unicode symbols
260 + Add a bunch of missing symbols
261 + Add some missing "array_length_type" annotations
263 * GIR parser and writer:
264 - Add [GIR ("fullname = ...")] attribute, set fullname of GType [#775591]
265 - More complete parsing of field information [#772902]
266 - Use the correct tag- and element-name for an annotation [#769597]
267 - Use type_id information from gir if not already overridden
268 - No support for fixed-size array as return-value
269 - Let alias inherit more information from base_type
270 - Improve function to method conversion
271 - Avoid fatal handling of nameless unions
272 - Allow to specify the base_type of an alias
273 - Add metadata-support for "returns_modified_pointer" [#759255]
275 * D-Bus code generation:
276 - Check there is a return error location before using it [#779652]
277 - Fix memory-leak using g_task_propagate_pointer [#778993]
278 - Initialize intermediate variables [#778540]
279 - Handle errors when extracting FDs from dbus messages [#778540]
280 - Ensure extracted data from the GVariant is freed on error [#778540]
282 * C code hardening and reproducibility:
283 - Fix build with -Werror=enum-compare -Werror=switch
284 - Build testsuite with -Werror=format-nonliteral -Werror=format-security
285 -Werror=int-conversion -Werror=redundant-decls
286 - Add G_GNUC_FORMAT attribute for FormatArg functions [#774060]
287 - Add G_GNUC_PRINTF/SCANF attribute for Printf/ScanfFormat functions [#710862]
288 - gtkmodule: Order required-gtype-classes for reproducibility [debian#802528]
290 * Reduce incompatible-pointer-type C code warnings:
291 - Cast vfunc pointer assigns of abstract overrides [#777958]
292 - Fix vfunc cast for async method implementation/override
293 - Default to void-return for vfunc cast of *_async methods
294 - Cast *_destroy_func of generic-types calls to GDestroyNotify
295 - Cast destroy_data for g_cclosure_new to GClosureNotify
296 - Pass pointer of matching type to property-getter
297 - memberaccess: Don't resolve base_method/property twice
300 - Allow comma-separated identifiers in definition of enums [#776833]
301 - Add empty file check to read_token() [#633083]
304 - codegen: Don't create duplicated complete-async code [#778302]
305 - codegen: Don't return void for non-nullable simple-type structs [#778224]
306 - vala: Non-null initializers not allowed for owned namespace fields [#777697]
307 - codegen: Support casting arbitary value-types to arrays [#777194]
308 - codegen: Reference struct fields with their actual cname [#775761]
309 - codegen: Add function-prototypes for all register-type calls [#775446]
310 - vala: check a property has an accessor and/or a mutator [#773956]
311 - codegen: Don't declare CreationMethod for compact-classes twice [#772661]
312 - method: Print encountered type if return types mismatch [#769501]
313 - codegen: Fix memory-leak with object initializer for properties [#766739]
314 - codegen: Fix array length of array returned by lambda [#761360]
315 - codegen: Fix emission of constant array length [#756376]
316 - codegen: Support deprecating properties and their accessors [#732449]
317 - codegen: Don't add static modifier to abstract property setters [#673389]
318 - codegen: Fix instance parameter property setter in SimpleType structs
320 - codegen: Fix base-access from within overriding struct-property-accessor
322 - vala: Check accessibility of default arguments [#648030]
323 - vala: Disallow private accessors in overridable properties [#603491]
324 - methodcall: Don't try to remove N_/NC_ while properly handled in C [#642350]
325 - vala: Check type arguments in DataType.equals [#641418]
326 - parser: Allow cast pointer expressions without enclosing parens [#590641]
327 - Don't initialize local variable if not requested
328 - codegen: Don't implicitly initialize local variables with initializer
329 - Check printf arguments of object creation expressions
330 - ccodefunction: Only add G_GNUC_DEPRECATED to declarations
331 - codegen: Avoid criticals while unconditionaly trying to chain-up to
332 non-existing property-accessors
333 - signalmodule: Add signal-emitter declaration if needed [#779609]
334 - signalmodule: Fix deprecation of signals
335 - codegen: Properly null-out source on ownership-transfer of delegates
336 - vala: Fix MemberAccess.is_non_null() for EnumValue constants [#780050]
339 Abderrahim Kitouni, Alistair Thomas, Andrea Del Signore, Carlos Garnacho,
340 Daniel Espinosa, Daniel Pfeifer, Dr. Michael Lauer, Evan Nemerson,
341 Florian Brosch, Francisco Serna, George Barrett, Jens Georg, Jordan Yelloz,
342 JĂ¼rg Billeter, Luca Bruno, Marvin W, Matthias Berndt, Michael James Gratton,
343 mrmacete, Nikolay Orlyuk, Niko Tyni, Ole AndrĂ© Vadla RavnĂ¥s,
344 Philip Withnall, Richard Wiedenhöft, Rico Tzschichholz, Sam Thursfield,
345 Severin Heiniger, Simon Werbeck, Timm Bäder, Vladislav, Yu Feng
350 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
355 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
360 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
365 * Introduce [Version] attribute.
366 * Require and target GLib >= 2.32.
367 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
377 * Add --shared-library option for GIR files.
378 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
383 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
398 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
403 * Print compiler messages in color.
404 * Add clutter-gdk-1.0 bindings.
405 * Add clutter-gst-3.0 bindings.
406 * Add clutter-x11-1.0 bindings.
407 * Add rest-extras-0.7 bindings.
408 * Bug fix and binding updates.
413 * Bug fix and binding updates.
418 * Add option --vapi-comments.
419 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
424 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
429 * Require and target GLib >= 2.24.
430 * Report warning for private struct fields.
431 * Replace webkit2gtk-3.0 bindings with webkit2gtk-4.0 bindings.
432 * Always build vapigen.
433 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
438 * Support explicit interface method implementation.
439 * Support (unowned type)[] syntax.
440 * Support non-literal length in fixed-size arrays.
441 * Mark regular expression literals as stable.
442 * GIR parser updates.
443 * Add webkit2gtk-3.0 bindings.
444 * Add gstreamer-allocators-1.0 and gstreamer-riff-1.0 bindings.
445 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
450 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
455 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
460 * Bind GDK event structures as compact classes.
461 * Switch gdk-x11-3.0 bindings to .gir.
462 * Switch librsvg-2.0 bindings to .gir.
463 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
468 * GIR parser updates.
469 * Switch libnotify bindings to .gir.
470 * Add libpeas-gtk-1.0 bindings.
471 * Add xcb-icccm bindings.
472 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
477 * Support chain up to constructv functions.
478 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
483 * Recognize ref/unref functions in .gir files.
484 * Add geocode-glib bindings.
485 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
490 * Support \uXXXX escape sequences.
491 * Support specifying vfunc order in interfaces to define ABI.
492 * Support GTK+ widget templates.
493 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
503 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
508 * Support scope = "async" attribute for parameters.
509 * Add --api-version option.
510 * Add atspi-2 bindings.
511 * Add gstreamer-rtsp-server-1.0 bindings.
512 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
522 * Add libgnome-menu-3.0 bindings.
523 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
528 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
533 * Support subclassing of GLib.Source.
534 * Switch pango bindings to .gir.
535 * Add gstreamer-1.0 core bindings.
536 * Add gst-plugins-base-1.0 bindings.
537 * Add gobject-introspection-1.0 bindings.
538 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
543 * Warn when accessing static members with an instance reference.
544 * Recompute length when casting between array types.
545 * Support [GenericAccessors] attribute for interfaces.
546 * Deprecate implicit .begin for async methods.
548 * Drop POSIX profile.
549 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
554 * Require and target GLib >= 2.18.
555 * Support async creation methods.
556 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
561 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
566 * Improve assertion messages.
567 * Add --enable-gobject-tracing commandline option.
568 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
573 * Support simple method-level profiling.
574 * Add VALA_CHECK_MODULES and VALA_PROG_VAPIGEN to vala.m4.
575 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
580 * Add udisks2 bindings.
581 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
586 * Switch poppler-glib bindings to .gir.
587 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
592 * Support arrays with nullable elements.
593 * Add <doc> support to .gir reader and writer.
594 * Switch clutter-gtk-1.0 bindings to .gir.
595 * Switch gio-2.0 bindings to .gir.
596 * Add cogl-pango-1.0 bindings.
597 * Add gdl-3.0 bindings.
598 * Add libnl-3.0 bindings.
599 * Add packagekit-glib2 bindings.
601 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
606 * Manage memory of GQueue elements.
607 * Switch atk bindings to .gir.
608 * Switch gdk-pixbuf-2.0 bindings to .gir.
609 * Switch gdk-3.0 bindings to .gir.
610 * Add libwnck-3.0 bindings.
611 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
616 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
621 * Switch gudev-1.0 bindings to .gir.
622 * Switch mx-1.0 bindings to .gir.
623 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
628 * Switch pangocairo bindings to .gir.
634 * Enable flow analysis for out parameters.
635 * Refactor attribute handling.
636 * Add gedit-3.0 bindings.
637 * Add gtksourceview-3.0 bindings.
638 * Add rest-0.7 bindings.
639 * Add vte-2.90 bindings.
640 * Switch clutter-1.0 bindings to .gir.
641 * Switch libgdata bindings to .gir.
642 * Switch libsoup bindings to .gir.
643 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
648 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
653 * More refactoring in the code generator.
654 * Improvements to the .gir reader.
655 * Switch JSON-GLib bindings to .gir.
656 * Drop deprecated support for D-Bus GLib in favor of GDBus.
657 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
662 * Add get_next_char to string class.
663 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
668 * Add support for async signal handlers (Frederik Sdun).
669 * More refactoring in the code generator (Luca Bruno).
670 * Improvements to the .gir writer (Michal Hruby).
671 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
676 * Add parse and try_parse methods to boolean and numeric types.
677 * Add clutter-gtk-1.0 bindings.
678 * Add pixmap-1 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
679 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
684 * Add last_index_of and last_index_of_char to string class.
685 * More refactoring in the code generator (Luca Bruno).
686 * Improvements to the .gir writer (Michal Hruby).
687 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
692 * Add index_of, index_of_char, and char_count to string class.
693 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
698 * Support BusName sender parameter in GDBus servers.
699 * More refactoring in the code generator.
700 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
705 * Update libnotify bindings to 0.7.0.
706 * Improvements to the .gir reader.
707 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
712 * Require and target GLib >= 2.16.
713 * Guard access to out parameters to allow null arguments.
714 * Add support for local constants.
715 * Support file descriptor passing with GDBus.
716 * Support cached property values in GDBus clients.
717 * Support Cancellable parameter in GDBus clients.
718 * Support no-reply methods in GDBus clients and servers.
719 * More refactoring in the code generator.
720 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
725 * Use byte indices for strings.
726 * Use uint8[] for binary data in bindings.
727 * Add support for parallel compilation.
728 * Improve compiler performance.
729 * More refactoring in the code generator.
730 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
735 * Port GIR parser and writer to GIR version 1.2.
736 * Update GLib bindings to 2.26 branch.
742 * Add --fatal-warnings commandline option.
743 * Deprecate string.len () in favor of string.length.
744 * Deprecate use of D-Bus GLib in favor of GDBus.
745 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
750 * Fix regression introduced by codegen refactoring.
755 * Drop deprecated support for assigning to construct properties.
756 * Some refactoring in the code generator.
757 * Bug fixes in bindings and vapigen.
762 * Add version suffix to support parallel installation.
763 * Define VALA_X_Y according to compiler version.
764 * Enable version header by default.
765 * Add vala.m4 with VALA_CHECK_PACKAGES macro.
766 * Add gedit-2.20 bindings (Andrea Del Signore).
767 * Add tokyocabinet bindings (Evan Nemerson).
768 * Various improvements to the Dova profile.
769 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
774 * Append documentation comments to generated C files.
775 * Skip <doc> tags in .gir files.
776 * Various improvements to the Dova profile.
777 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
782 * Support newlines in double quoted string literals.
783 * Add experimental support for main blocks.
784 * Add experimental vala tool to compile and run code.
785 * Initial support for generic delegates.
786 * Support using GClosure for delegate parameters.
787 * Support GBoxed-based memory management.
788 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer.
789 * Various improvements to the Dova profile.
790 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
795 * Initial support for GDBus-based clients and servers.
796 * Support implicit and explicit GVariant casts.
797 * Add support for [Deprecated] attribute.
798 * Add GenericArray as alternative binding to GPtrArray.
799 * Add gdk-pixbuf-3.0, gdk-3.0, gdk-x11-3.0, and gtk+-3.0 bindings.
800 * Updates to the GLib bindings.
806 * Support constants in enums.
807 * Deprecate +=/-= syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
808 * Add experimental support for Dova profile.
809 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
810 * Add clutter-gst-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil).
811 * Add gdu and gdu-gtk bindings.
812 * Add libesmtp bindings (Adrien Bustany).
813 * Add mx-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
814 * Add orc-0.4 bindings (Fabian Deutsch).
815 * Add rest-extras-0.6 bindings (Adrien Bustany).
816 * Updates to the GLib, GStreamer, Linux, SQLite, and other bindings.
822 * Infer type arguments when calling generic methods.
823 * Support `in' operator for arrays.
824 * Add experimental support for regular expression literals.
825 * Add experimental support for chained relational expressions.
826 * Add va_list support.
827 * Add clutter-gtk-0.10 bindings (Gordon Allott).
828 * Add gdl-1.0 bindings (Nicolas Joseph).
829 * Add gstreamer-app-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
830 * Add gstreamer-cdda-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
831 * Add gudev-1.0 bindings (Jim Nelson).
832 * Add libgda-report-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
833 * Add libgvc (graphviz) bindings (Martin Olsson).
834 * Add purple bindings (Adrien Bustany).
835 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
840 * Support coalescing operator ??.
841 * Support to_string and bitwise complement with enums.
842 * Return handler id when connecting signal handlers.
843 * Support struct comparison.
844 * Support constructor chaining in structs.
845 * Enforce protected member restrictions.
846 * Improve performance of flow analysis.
847 * Support automatic line continuations in Genie.
848 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer.
849 * Add --enable-mem-profiler commandline option.
850 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
855 * Support array and string slicing.
856 * Add --symbols commandline option.
857 * Add avahi-gobject bindings (Sebastian Noack).
858 * Add ccss-1 bindings (Ali Sabil).
859 * Add libarchive bindings (Julian Andres Klode).
860 * Add libmagic bindings (Jens Georg).
861 * Add readline bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
862 * Add twitter-glib-1.0 bindings (Adrien Bustany).
863 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
868 * Support constructor chain up to GObject using Object (...).
869 * Add syntax for string templates.
870 * Support (!) non-null casts.
871 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
876 * Support `using' directives inside namespaces.
877 * Use const only for immutable structs.
878 * Support string marshalling for enums in D-Bus (Didier Ptitjes).
879 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
880 * Add libgda-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
881 * Many bug fixes for closures and async methods.
886 * Add support for closures.
887 * Improve support for asynchronous methods.
888 * Support async methods in D-Bus servers.
889 * Add clutter-1.0 bindings (Rob Taylor).
890 * Add GVariant, GSettings, and dconf bindings (Ryan Lortie).
891 * Add linux, libnl-1, and libasound bindings (Michael 'Mickey' Lauer).
892 * Add gnutls bindings (JiÅ™Ă ZĂ¡revĂºcky).
893 * Add librest bindings (Adrien Bustany).
894 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
899 * Add support for static properties.
900 * Add support for delegate properties.
901 * Support virtual default handler for signals.
902 * Add limited support for derived compact classes.
903 * Add libgdata bindings (VĂctor Manuel JĂ¡quez Leal).
904 * Add libusb-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
905 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
910 * Add support for array properties.
911 * Support implicit and explicit GValue casts.
912 * Add initial support for generic methods.
913 * Add postgres bindings.
914 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
919 * Add initial support for POSIX profile.
920 * Add --vapi and --gir commandline options.
921 * Add initial x11, xcb, and cairo-xcb bindings.
922 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
927 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
928 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
933 * Introduce new syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
934 * Add experimental support for fixed-length arrays.
935 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
936 * Updates to the GLib, Cairo, GTK+, GStreamer, and POSIX bindings.
942 * Do not generate header files unless requested by the -H commandline
943 option. This requires changes in the build system of Vala projects.
944 * Support conditional compilation.
949 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
950 * Add librsvg-2.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
951 * Add Maemo libosso bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
952 * Add V4L2 bindings (MatĂas De la Puente).
958 * Support signals in static D-Bus clients.
959 * Various improvements to asynchronous method support (Ryan Lortie).
960 * Report unused internal methods.
961 * Extend POSIX bindings.
962 * Add FUSE bindings (John Carr).
963 * Add libdaemon bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
969 * Do not require libgee for custom indexer access.
970 * Add Log.FILE, Log.LINE, and Log.METHOD constants.
971 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
972 * Add Lua bindings (pancake and Phil Housley).
973 * Add MySQL bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
974 * Add partial POSIX bindings.
980 * Improve syntax of owned property getters.
981 * Add --enable-deprecated and --enable-experimental commandline options.
982 * Remove --disable-non-null commandline option.
988 * Support array initializers as expressions.
989 * Support += to efficiently append elements to arrays.
990 * Calculate length for null-terminated arrays.
991 * Support initializers for multi-dimensional arrays.
992 * Add `owned' keyword to replace `#'.
993 * Various fixes in coroutine support.
994 * Support boxed structs as GObject properties.
1000 * Rewrite D-Bus server support to directly use libdbus.
1001 * Register structs as boxed types.
1002 * Improve error reporting on invalid code.
1003 * Support private class fields and class destructors.
1004 * Add partial raptor and rasqal bindings.
1005 * Drop vala-gen-project, moved to vtg.
1011 * Report uninitialized local variables.
1012 * Report unused fields, methods, and local variables.
1013 * Fix error handling in complex statements.
1014 * Improve support for generic types.
1015 * Support parameter arrays in bindings.
1016 * Do not require libgee for foreach statements.
1017 * Support enums in D-Bus clients and servers.
1018 * Support structs in hash tables in D-Bus servers.
1019 * Experimental static D-Bus client support.
1020 * Add --dump-tree commandline option to write code tree to file.
1026 * Support type checks for error domains and error codes.
1027 * Experimental support for yield statements and coroutines.
1028 * Support GValue and GHashTable in D-Bus clients.
1029 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
1030 * Drop deprecated support for static classes.
1031 * Modularize code generator.
1037 * Support more flexible constructors.
1038 * Partial support for reading and writing .gir files.
1039 * Improve compiler performance.
1040 * Copy arrays where necessary.
1041 * Basic support for static properties.
1042 * Partial support for struct holding object references.
1043 * Add tracker indexer bindings (Roberto Majadas)
1044 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
1050 * Notify on property changes by default (Jared Moore)
1051 * Add unique-1.0 bindings (Phil Housley)
1052 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
1058 * Various improvements to D-Bus client and service support.
1059 * Basic support for detailed signals.
1060 * Check types of printf arguments.
1061 * Support `in' operator for Gee.Collection and Gee.Map (Jamie McCracken)
1062 * Add libgsf-1 bindings (Michael Lawrence)
1063 * Add loudmouth-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
1064 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
1070 * Support overriding default method handlers of signals.
1071 * Support dynamic access to properties and signals of GObjects.
1072 * Experimental support for nullable value types.
1073 * Improve support for classes not deriving from GLib.Object.
1074 * Support """verbatim strings""".
1075 * Add parser for Genie (Jamie McCracken)
1076 * Experimental support for arrays of arrays.
1077 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
1078 * Improvements to D-Bus support (Ali Sabil, Philip Van Hoof, Yu Feng)
1079 * Add libepc-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
1080 * Add libtiff bindings (Christian Meyer)
1081 * Updates to the GStreamer bindings (Ali Sabil and Jaap A. Haitsma)
1082 * Many bug fixes and performance improvements.
1087 * Add support for class constructors, class fields, and class methods.
1088 * Various improvements to methods in D-Bus services.
1089 * Add support for properties and signals in D-Bus services (Yu Feng)
1090 * Add Time API to GLib bindings.
1091 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
1092 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
1098 * Enable non-null types by default.
1099 * Add --disable-non-null commandline option.
1100 * New handwritten parser.
1101 * Support virtual methods in interfaces.
1102 * Add `dynamic' type modifier for D-Bus client support.
1103 * Add experimental support for writing D-Bus services.
1104 * Don't require `new' operator for structs.
1105 * Warn when using deprecated syntax.
1106 * Add libsexy bindings (Evan Nemerson)
1107 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
1113 * Support nested namespaces.
1114 * Support static constructors.
1115 * Register enums with GType (Marc-André Lureau)
1116 * Small syntax change for default values of properties.
1117 * Add --verbose commandline option (Daniel Silverstone)
1118 * Improve pointer support.
1119 * Add GNOME Keyring bindings (Andrea Del Signore)
1120 * Add SDL bindings (Levi Bard)
1121 * Add libftdi bindings (Evan Nemerson)
1122 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and SQLite bindings.
1123 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
1128 * Support private property accessors.
1129 * Support default values for properties.
1130 * Improve support for array length and delegate target parameters.
1131 * Improve delegate and signal handler support.
1132 * Introduce new syntax to declare errordomains.
1133 * Improve exception support.
1134 * Report errors for missing return statements.
1135 * Report warnings for unreachable code.
1136 * Improve support for generic types.
1137 * Support pointer member access and pointer element access.
1138 * Support pointer arithmetic.
1139 * Add --quiet commandline option (Emmanuele Bassi)
1140 * Add WebKit bindings.
1141 * Add JSON-GLib bindings (Ali Sabil)
1142 * Add goocanvas bindings (Roberto Majadas)
1143 * Add hildon-fm-2 bindings (Levi Bard)
1144 * Add taglib bindings (Andreas Brauchli)
1145 * Add libusb bindings (Evan Nemerson)
1146 * Add bzip2 bindings (Maciej Piechotka)
1147 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and libsoup bindings.
1148 * Fixes for Windows.
1154 * Add support for instance delegates.
1155 * Support conditional method compilation.
1156 * Add support for nested generic types.
1157 * Add size_t and ssize_t.
1158 * Use non-null types by default with --enable-non-null option.
1159 * Limited support for nullable types.
1160 * Add basic support for method pre- and postconditions.
1161 * Improve pointer support.
1162 * Always enable memory management.
1163 * Add libgnome-menu bindings (Roberto Majadas)
1164 * Add liboobs-1 bindings (Roberto Majadas)
1165 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, SQLite, and libxml2 bindings.
1166 * Small documentation improvements.
1172 * Add Vala Project Generator.
1173 * Support `in` operator for enums.
1174 * Support typeof for generic type parameters.
1175 * Replace gidlgen by vala-gen-introspect with a real C parser.
1176 * Update all bindings to use vala-gen-introspect.
1177 * Fix many gcc warnings.
1178 * Fix build with Cygwin and MinGW (Yaakov Selkowitz).
1184 * Use .vapi as file extension for bindings.
1185 * Add Vala Reference Manual.
1186 * Add support for object initializers.
1187 * Emit #line directives in debug mode.
1188 * Add --basedir option.
1189 * Support creation methods in structs.
1190 * Add support for [Notify] attribute for properties.
1191 * Add experimental support for registering new fundamental classed types.
1192 * Improve support for non-GObject classes.
1193 * Improve error reporting.
1194 * Add vapicheck to verify generated bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
1195 * Drop xml_pp dependency (Alberto Ruiz).
1201 * Convert reference-type structs to classes for a more consistent type system.
1202 * Support `as` operator (Mathias Hasselmann).
1203 * Improve array support.
1204 * Experimental D-Bus client support.
1205 * Add GConf bindings.
1206 * Add libgnome and libgnomeui bindings.
1207 * Add Glade bindings.
1208 * Add libnotify bindings (Nicolas Christener, Roland Hostettler).
1209 * Add GnomeVFS bindings.
1210 * Add GtkSourceView bindings.
1211 * Add Panel Applet bindings.
1212 * Add GNOME Desktop Library bindings.
1213 * Add libsoup bindings.
1214 * Add libwnck bindings.
1215 * Add GtkMozEmbed bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
1216 * Add Poppler bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
1217 * Add Enchant bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
1218 * Add Hildon bindings (Marcelo Lira).
1219 * Add SQLite bindings.
1220 * Add curses bindings (Ed Schouten).
1221 * Build system fixes (Nicolas Trangez).
1222 * Add manual pages for gidlgen and vapigen (Kumar Appaiah).
1223 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
1228 * Use and support libgee collection library (internal copy for now).
1229 * Performance improvements.
1230 * Improve support for generic types.
1231 * Many memory management fixes.
1232 * Add support for inner classes.
1233 * Add --cc and -X commandline options to control the C compiler.
1234 * Use GSlice for reference-type structs.
1235 * Add experimental GStreamer bindings.
1240 * Support simple exception handling.
1241 * Improve array and string support.
1242 * Support multi-dimensional arrays.
1243 * Add --thread commandline option.
1250 * Add commandline options for running the C compiler and linker.
1251 * Use # modifier for reference transfer in method parameters.
1252 * Replace callback keyword by delegate.
1253 * Improve and update GLib and GTK+ bindings.
1254 * Add experimental GVFS binding.
1255 * C89/MSVC portability fixes (Hans Breuer).
1256 * Refactor code generator.
1257 * Add experimental bindings generator.
1263 * Add support for defining new generic classes.
1264 * Improve array support.
1265 * Memory management fixes.
1266 * Improve abstract property support.
1267 * Add basic support for flags types.
1268 * Improve GLib binding.
1275 * Add support for overridden properties.
1276 * Support properties and signals in interfaces.
1277 * Improve interface runtime suport.
1278 * Verify that classes implement all abstract and interface methods.
1279 * Basic compile-time support for generic types.
1280 * Default to strong references for return values and local variables.
1281 * Improve signal support.
1282 * Add support for pointers.
1283 * Improve support for numeric types.
1284 * Support writing GTypeModule-based plug-ins.
1285 * Improve manual memory management support.
1286 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
1292 * New object construction syntax.
1293 * Interface implementations don't have to specify override anymore.
1294 * Improve interface support.
1299 * Improve interface support.
1301 * Improve array support.
1302 * Improve enum support.
1303 * Add automated testing infrastructure.
1304 * Fixes for prefix and postfix operators.
1305 * Add more types to GLib bindings.
1311 * Support base access.
1312 * Support typeof expressions.
1313 * Improve array support.
1314 * Fix possible memory leak in foreach statements.
1315 * Fix many warnings during C compilation.
1316 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
1321 * Support + operator in strings.
1322 * Support unicode character literals.
1323 * Add implicit conversions for numeric types.
1324 * Improve interface support.
1325 * Improve array support.
1326 * Support arbitrary signal parameters.
1327 * Add threading support.
1328 * Support lock statements.
1329 * Many improvements to the GTK+ bindings.
1335 * Support namespace constants.
1336 * Support switch statements.
1337 * Array creation support.
1338 * Provide complete but experimental bindings for GTK+ 2.10 and Cairo 1.2.
1339 * Add implicit array length parameter.
1340 * Follow package dependencies.
1341 * Support hexadecimal and octal integer literals and hexadecimal escape
1343 * Install libvala as shared library.
1348 * Support named construction methods.
1349 * Basic interface support.
1350 * Improve error handling.