Package : vala > RPM : vala-0.50.2-1.mga8.src.rpm
Basic items
Name | vala |
Version | 0.50.2 |
Release | 1.mga8 |
URL | https://wiki.gnome.org/Vala |
Group | Development/Other |
Summary | Compiler for the GObject type system |
Size | 3,534KB |
Arch | i586 |
License | LGPLv2+ and BSD |
Description
Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming
language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional
runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to
applications and libraries written in C.
valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates
Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject
type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source
code. It's also planned to generate GIDL files when gobject-
introspection is ready.
The syntax of Vala is similar to C#, modified to better fit the GObject
type system. Vala supports modern language features as the following:
* Interfaces
* Properties
* Signals
* Foreach
* Lambda expressions
* Type inference for local variables
* Non-null types [PARTIAL]
* Exception handling [PLANNED]
* Assisted memory management
* type modules (aka. Plugins)
Vala is designed to allow access to existing C libraries, especially
GObject-based libraries, without the need for runtime bindings. Each
to be used library requires a Vala API file at compile-time,
containing the class and method declarations in Vala syntax. Vala
currently comes with experimental bindings for GLib and GTK+. It's
planned to provide generated bindings for the full GNOME Platform at a
later stage.
Using classes and methods written in Vala from an application written
in C is not difficult. The Vala library only has to install the
generated header files and C applications may then access the
GObject-based API of the Vala library as usual. It should also be
easily possible to write a bindings generator for access to Vala
libraries from applications written in e.g. C# as the Vala parser is written
as a library, so that all compile-time information is available when
generating a binding.
language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional
runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to
applications and libraries written in C.
valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates
Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject
type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source
code. It's also planned to generate GIDL files when gobject-
introspection is ready.
The syntax of Vala is similar to C#, modified to better fit the GObject
type system. Vala supports modern language features as the following:
* Interfaces
* Properties
* Signals
* Foreach
* Lambda expressions
* Type inference for local variables
* Non-null types [PARTIAL]
* Exception handling [PLANNED]
* Assisted memory management
* type modules (aka. Plugins)
Vala is designed to allow access to existing C libraries, especially
GObject-based libraries, without the need for runtime bindings. Each
to be used library requires a Vala API file at compile-time,
containing the class and method declarations in Vala syntax. Vala
currently comes with experimental bindings for GLib and GTK+. It's
planned to provide generated bindings for the full GNOME Platform at a
later stage.
Using classes and methods written in Vala from an application written
in C is not difficult. The Vala library only has to install the
generated header files and C applications may then access the
GObject-based API of the Vala library as usual. It should also be
easily possible to write a bindings generator for access to Vala
libraries from applications written in e.g. C# as the Vala parser is written
as a library, so that all compile-time information is available when
generating a binding.
Media information
Distribution release | Mageia 8 |
Media name | core-release |
Media arch | i586 |
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Build time | 2020-11-19 15:33:07 |
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