4 * Add last_index_of and last_index_of_char to string class.
5 * More refactoring in the code generator (Luca Bruno).
6 * Improvements to the .gir writer (Michal Hruby).
7 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
12 * Add index_of, index_of_char, and char_count to string class.
13 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
18 * Support BusName sender parameter in GDBus servers.
19 * More refactoring in the code generator.
20 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
25 * Update libnotify bindings to 0.7.0.
26 * Improvements to the .gir reader.
27 * Bug fixes and binding updates.
32 * Require and target GLib >= 2.16.
33 * Guard access to out parameters to allow null arguments.
34 * Add support for local constants.
35 * Support file descriptor passing with GDBus.
36 * Support cached property values in GDBus clients.
37 * Support Cancellable parameter in GDBus clients.
38 * Support no-reply methods in GDBus clients and servers.
39 * More refactoring in the code generator.
40 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
45 * Use byte indices for strings.
46 * Use uint8[] for binary data in bindings.
47 * Add support for parallel compilation.
48 * Improve compiler performance.
49 * More refactoring in the code generator.
50 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
55 * Port GIR parser and writer to GIR version 1.2.
56 * Update GLib bindings to 2.26 branch.
62 * Add --fatal-warnings commandline option.
63 * Deprecate string.len () in favor of string.length.
64 * Deprecate use of D-Bus GLib in favor of GDBus.
65 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
70 * Fix regression introduced by codegen refactoring.
75 * Drop deprecated support for assigning to construct properties.
76 * Some refactoring in the code generator.
77 * Bug fixes in bindings and vapigen.
82 * Add version suffix to support parallel installation.
83 * Define VALA_X_Y according to compiler version.
84 * Enable version header by default.
85 * Add vala.m4 with VALA_CHECK_PACKAGES macro.
86 * Add gedit-2.20 bindings (Andrea Del Signore).
87 * Add tokyocabinet bindings (Evan Nemerson).
88 * Various improvements to the Dova profile.
89 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
94 * Append documentation comments to generated C files.
95 * Skip <doc> tags in .gir files.
96 * Various improvements to the Dova profile.
97 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
102 * Support newlines in double quoted string literals.
103 * Add experimental support for main blocks.
104 * Add experimental vala tool to compile and run code.
105 * Initial support for generic delegates.
106 * Support using GClosure for delegate parameters.
107 * Support GBoxed-based memory management.
108 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer.
109 * Various improvements to the Dova profile.
110 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
115 * Initial support for GDBus-based clients and servers.
116 * Support implicit and explicit GVariant casts.
117 * Add support for [Deprecated] attribute.
118 * Add GenericArray as alternative binding to GPtrArray.
119 * Add gdk-pixbuf-3.0, gdk-3.0, gdk-x11-3.0, and gtk+-3.0 bindings.
120 * Updates to the GLib bindings.
126 * Support constants in enums.
127 * Deprecate +=/-= syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
128 * Add experimental support for Dova profile.
129 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
130 * Add clutter-gst-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil).
131 * Add gdu and gdu-gtk bindings.
132 * Add libesmtp bindings (Adrien Bustany).
133 * Add mx-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
134 * Add orc-0.4 bindings (Fabian Deutsch).
135 * Add rest-extras-0.6 bindings (Adrien Bustany).
136 * Updates to the GLib, GStreamer, Linux, SQLite, and other bindings.
142 * Infer type arguments when calling generic methods.
143 * Support `in' operator for arrays.
144 * Add experimental support for regular expression literals.
145 * Add experimental support for chained relational expressions.
146 * Add va_list support.
147 * Add clutter-gtk-0.10 bindings (Gordon Allott).
148 * Add gdl-1.0 bindings (Nicolas Joseph).
149 * Add gstreamer-app-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
150 * Add gstreamer-cdda-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
151 * Add gudev-1.0 bindings (Jim Nelson).
152 * Add libgda-report-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
153 * Add libgvc (graphviz) bindings (Martin Olsson).
154 * Add purple bindings (Adrien Bustany).
155 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
160 * Support coalescing operator ??.
161 * Support to_string and bitwise complement with enums.
162 * Return handler id when connecting signal handlers.
163 * Support struct comparison.
164 * Support constructor chaining in structs.
165 * Enforce protected member restrictions.
166 * Improve performance of flow analysis.
167 * Support automatic line continuations in Genie.
168 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer.
169 * Add --enable-mem-profiler commandline option.
170 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
175 * Support array and string slicing.
176 * Add --symbols commandline option.
177 * Add avahi-gobject bindings (Sebastian Noack).
178 * Add ccss-1 bindings (Ali Sabil).
179 * Add libarchive bindings (Julian Andres Klode).
180 * Add libmagic bindings (Jens Georg).
181 * Add readline bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
182 * Add twitter-glib-1.0 bindings (Adrien Bustany).
183 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
188 * Support constructor chain up to GObject using Object (...).
189 * Add syntax for string templates.
190 * Support (!) non-null casts.
191 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
196 * Support `using' directives inside namespaces.
197 * Use const only for immutable structs.
198 * Support string marshalling for enums in D-Bus (Didier Ptitjes).
199 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
200 * Add libgda-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
201 * Many bug fixes for closures and async methods.
206 * Add support for closures.
207 * Improve support for asynchronous methods.
208 * Support async methods in D-Bus servers.
209 * Add clutter-1.0 bindings (Rob Taylor).
210 * Add GVariant, GSettings, and dconf bindings (Ryan Lortie).
211 * Add linux, libnl-1, and libasound bindings (Michael 'Mickey' Lauer).
212 * Add gnutls bindings (Jiří Zárevúcky).
213 * Add librest bindings (Adrien Bustany).
214 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
219 * Add support for static properties.
220 * Add support for delegate properties.
221 * Support virtual default handler for signals.
222 * Add limited support for derived compact classes.
223 * Add libgdata bindings (Víctor Manuel Jáquez Leal).
224 * Add libusb-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
225 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
230 * Add support for array properties.
231 * Support implicit and explicit GValue casts.
232 * Add initial support for generic methods.
233 * Add postgres bindings.
234 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
239 * Add initial support for POSIX profile.
240 * Add --vapi and --gir commandline options.
241 * Add initial x11, xcb, and cairo-xcb bindings.
242 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
247 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
248 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
253 * Introduce new syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
254 * Add experimental support for fixed-length arrays.
255 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
256 * Updates to the GLib, Cairo, GTK+, GStreamer, and POSIX bindings.
262 * Do not generate header files unless requested by the -H commandline
263 option. This requires changes in the build system of Vala projects.
264 * Support conditional compilation.
269 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
270 * Add librsvg-2.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
271 * Add Maemo libosso bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
272 * Add V4L2 bindings (Matías De la Puente).
278 * Support signals in static D-Bus clients.
279 * Various improvements to asynchronous method support (Ryan Lortie).
280 * Report unused internal methods.
281 * Extend POSIX bindings.
282 * Add FUSE bindings (John Carr).
283 * Add libdaemon bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
289 * Do not require libgee for custom indexer access.
290 * Add Log.FILE, Log.LINE, and Log.METHOD constants.
291 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
292 * Add Lua bindings (pancake and Phil Housley).
293 * Add MySQL bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
294 * Add partial POSIX bindings.
300 * Improve syntax of owned property getters.
301 * Add --enable-deprecated and --enable-experimental commandline options.
302 * Remove --disable-non-null commandline option.
308 * Support array initializers as expressions.
309 * Support += to efficiently append elements to arrays.
310 * Calculate length for null-terminated arrays.
311 * Support initializers for multi-dimensional arrays.
312 * Add `owned' keyword to replace `#'.
313 * Various fixes in coroutine support.
314 * Support boxed structs as GObject properties.
320 * Rewrite D-Bus server support to directly use libdbus.
321 * Register structs as boxed types.
322 * Improve error reporting on invalid code.
323 * Support private class fields and class destructors.
324 * Add partial raptor and rasqal bindings.
325 * Drop vala-gen-project, moved to vtg.
331 * Report uninitialized local variables.
332 * Report unused fields, methods, and local variables.
333 * Fix error handling in complex statements.
334 * Improve support for generic types.
335 * Support parameter arrays in bindings.
336 * Do not require libgee for foreach statements.
337 * Support enums in D-Bus clients and servers.
338 * Support structs in hash tables in D-Bus servers.
339 * Experimental static D-Bus client support.
340 * Add --dump-tree commandline option to write code tree to file.
346 * Support type checks for error domains and error codes.
347 * Experimental support for yield statements and coroutines.
348 * Support GValue and GHashTable in D-Bus clients.
349 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
350 * Drop deprecated support for static classes.
351 * Modularize code generator.
357 * Support more flexible constructors.
358 * Partial support for reading and writing .gir files.
359 * Improve compiler performance.
360 * Copy arrays where necessary.
361 * Basic support for static properties.
362 * Partial support for struct holding object references.
363 * Add tracker indexer bindings (Roberto Majadas)
364 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
370 * Notify on property changes by default (Jared Moore)
371 * Add unique-1.0 bindings (Phil Housley)
372 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
378 * Various improvements to D-Bus client and service support.
379 * Basic support for detailed signals.
380 * Check types of printf arguments.
381 * Support `in' operator for Gee.Collection and Gee.Map (Jamie McCracken)
382 * Add libgsf-1 bindings (Michael Lawrence)
383 * Add loudmouth-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
384 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
390 * Support overriding default method handlers of signals.
391 * Support dynamic access to properties and signals of GObjects.
392 * Experimental support for nullable value types.
393 * Improve support for classes not deriving from GLib.Object.
394 * Support """verbatim strings""".
395 * Add parser for Genie (Jamie McCracken)
396 * Experimental support for arrays of arrays.
397 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
398 * Improvements to D-Bus support (Ali Sabil, Philip Van Hoof, Yu Feng)
399 * Add libepc-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
400 * Add libtiff bindings (Christian Meyer)
401 * Updates to the GStreamer bindings (Ali Sabil and Jaap A. Haitsma)
402 * Many bug fixes and performance improvements.
407 * Add support for class constructors, class fields, and class methods.
408 * Various improvements to methods in D-Bus services.
409 * Add support for properties and signals in D-Bus services (Yu Feng)
410 * Add Time API to GLib bindings.
411 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
412 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
418 * Enable non-null types by default.
419 * Add --disable-non-null commandline option.
420 * New handwritten parser.
421 * Support virtual methods in interfaces.
422 * Add `dynamic' type modifier for D-Bus client support.
423 * Add experimental support for writing D-Bus services.
424 * Don't require `new' operator for structs.
425 * Warn when using deprecated syntax.
426 * Add libsexy bindings (Evan Nemerson)
427 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
433 * Support nested namespaces.
434 * Support static constructors.
435 * Register enums with GType (Marc-André Lureau)
436 * Small syntax change for default values of properties.
437 * Add --verbose commandline option (Daniel Silverstone)
438 * Improve pointer support.
439 * Add GNOME Keyring bindings (Andrea Del Signore)
440 * Add SDL bindings (Levi Bard)
441 * Add libftdi bindings (Evan Nemerson)
442 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and SQLite bindings.
443 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
448 * Support private property accessors.
449 * Support default values for properties.
450 * Improve support for array length and delegate target parameters.
451 * Improve delegate and signal handler support.
452 * Introduce new syntax to declare errordomains.
453 * Improve exception support.
454 * Report errors for missing return statements.
455 * Report warnings for unreachable code.
456 * Improve support for generic types.
457 * Support pointer member access and pointer element access.
458 * Support pointer arithmetic.
459 * Add --quiet commandline option (Emmanuele Bassi)
460 * Add WebKit bindings.
461 * Add JSON-GLib bindings (Ali Sabil)
462 * Add goocanvas bindings (Roberto Majadas)
463 * Add hildon-fm-2 bindings (Levi Bard)
464 * Add taglib bindings (Andreas Brauchli)
465 * Add libusb bindings (Evan Nemerson)
466 * Add bzip2 bindings (Maciej Piechotka)
467 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and libsoup bindings.
474 * Add support for instance delegates.
475 * Support conditional method compilation.
476 * Add support for nested generic types.
477 * Add size_t and ssize_t.
478 * Use non-null types by default with --enable-non-null option.
479 * Limited support for nullable types.
480 * Add basic support for method pre- and postconditions.
481 * Improve pointer support.
482 * Always enable memory management.
483 * Add libgnome-menu bindings (Roberto Majadas)
484 * Add liboobs-1 bindings (Roberto Majadas)
485 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, SQLite, and libxml2 bindings.
486 * Small documentation improvements.
492 * Add Vala Project Generator.
493 * Support `in` operator for enums.
494 * Support typeof for generic type parameters.
495 * Replace gidlgen by vala-gen-introspect with a real C parser.
496 * Update all bindings to use vala-gen-introspect.
497 * Fix many gcc warnings.
498 * Fix build with Cygwin and MinGW (Yaakov Selkowitz).
504 * Use .vapi as file extension for bindings.
505 * Add Vala Reference Manual.
506 * Add support for object initializers.
507 * Emit #line directives in debug mode.
508 * Add --basedir option.
509 * Support creation methods in structs.
510 * Add support for [Notify] attribute for properties.
511 * Add experimental support for registering new fundamental classed types.
512 * Improve support for non-GObject classes.
513 * Improve error reporting.
514 * Add vapicheck to verify generated bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
515 * Drop xml_pp dependency (Alberto Ruiz).
521 * Convert reference-type structs to classes for a more consistent type system.
522 * Support `as` operator (Mathias Hasselmann).
523 * Improve array support.
524 * Experimental D-Bus client support.
525 * Add GConf bindings.
526 * Add libgnome and libgnomeui bindings.
527 * Add Glade bindings.
528 * Add libnotify bindings (Nicolas Christener, Roland Hostettler).
529 * Add GnomeVFS bindings.
530 * Add GtkSourceView bindings.
531 * Add Panel Applet bindings.
532 * Add GNOME Desktop Library bindings.
533 * Add libsoup bindings.
534 * Add libwnck bindings.
535 * Add GtkMozEmbed bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
536 * Add Poppler bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
537 * Add Enchant bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
538 * Add Hildon bindings (Marcelo Lira).
539 * Add SQLite bindings.
540 * Add curses bindings (Ed Schouten).
541 * Build system fixes (Nicolas Trangez).
542 * Add manual pages for gidlgen and vapigen (Kumar Appaiah).
543 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
548 * Use and support libgee collection library (internal copy for now).
549 * Performance improvements.
550 * Improve support for generic types.
551 * Many memory management fixes.
552 * Add support for inner classes.
553 * Add --cc and -X commandline options to control the C compiler.
554 * Use GSlice for reference-type structs.
555 * Add experimental GStreamer bindings.
560 * Support simple exception handling.
561 * Improve array and string support.
562 * Support multi-dimensional arrays.
563 * Add --thread commandline option.
570 * Add commandline options for running the C compiler and linker.
571 * Use # modifier for reference transfer in method parameters.
572 * Replace callback keyword by delegate.
573 * Improve and update GLib and GTK+ bindings.
574 * Add experimental GVFS binding.
575 * C89/MSVC portability fixes (Hans Breuer).
576 * Refactor code generator.
577 * Add experimental bindings generator.
583 * Add support for defining new generic classes.
584 * Improve array support.
585 * Memory management fixes.
586 * Improve abstract property support.
587 * Add basic support for flags types.
588 * Improve GLib binding.
595 * Add support for overridden properties.
596 * Support properties and signals in interfaces.
597 * Improve interface runtime suport.
598 * Verify that classes implement all abstract and interface methods.
599 * Basic compile-time support for generic types.
600 * Default to strong references for return values and local variables.
601 * Improve signal support.
602 * Add support for pointers.
603 * Improve support for numeric types.
604 * Support writing GTypeModule-based plug-ins.
605 * Improve manual memory management support.
606 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
612 * New object construction syntax.
613 * Interface implementations don't have to specify override anymore.
614 * Improve interface support.
619 * Improve interface support.
621 * Improve array support.
622 * Improve enum support.
623 * Add automated testing infrastructure.
624 * Fixes for prefix and postfix operators.
625 * Add more types to GLib bindings.
631 * Support base access.
632 * Support typeof expressions.
633 * Improve array support.
634 * Fix possible memory leak in foreach statements.
635 * Fix many warnings during C compilation.
636 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
641 * Support + operator in strings.
642 * Support unicode character literals.
643 * Add implicit conversions for numeric types.
644 * Improve interface support.
645 * Improve array support.
646 * Support arbitrary signal parameters.
647 * Add threading support.
648 * Support lock statements.
649 * Many improvements to the GTK+ bindings.
655 * Support namespace constants.
656 * Support switch statements.
657 * Array creation support.
658 * Provide complete but experimental bindings for GTK+ 2.10 and Cairo 1.2.
659 * Add implicit array length parameter.
660 * Follow package dependencies.
661 * Support hexadecimal and octal integer literals and hexadecimal escape
663 * Install libvala as shared library.
668 * Support named construction methods.
669 * Basic interface support.
670 * Improve error handling.