4 * Do not require libgee for custom indexer access.
5 * Add Log.FILE, Log.LINE, and Log.METHOD constants.
6 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
7 * Add Lua bindings (pancake and Phil Housley).
8 * Add MySQL bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
9 * Add partial POSIX bindings.
15 * Improve syntax of owned property getters.
16 * Add --enable-deprecated and --enable-experimental commandline options.
17 * Remove --disable-non-null commandline option.
23 * Support array initializers as expressions.
24 * Support += to efficiently append elements to arrays.
25 * Calculate length for null-terminated arrays.
26 * Support initializers for multi-dimensional arrays.
27 * Add `owned' keyword to replace `#'.
28 * Various fixes in coroutine support.
29 * Support boxed structs as GObject properties.
35 * Rewrite D-Bus server support to directly use libdbus.
36 * Register structs as boxed types.
37 * Improve error reporting on invalid code.
38 * Support private class fields and class destructors.
39 * Add partial raptor and rasqal bindings.
40 * Drop vala-gen-project, moved to vtg.
46 * Report uninitialized local variables.
47 * Report unused fields, methods, and local variables.
48 * Fix error handling in complex statements.
49 * Improve support for generic types.
50 * Support parameter arrays in bindings.
51 * Do not require libgee for foreach statements.
52 * Support enums in D-Bus clients and servers.
53 * Support structs in hash tables in D-Bus servers.
54 * Experimental static D-Bus client support.
55 * Add --dump-tree commandline option to write code tree to file.
61 * Support type checks for error domains and error codes.
62 * Experimental support for yield statements and coroutines.
63 * Support GValue and GHashTable in D-Bus clients.
64 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
65 * Drop deprecated support for static classes.
66 * Modularize code generator.
72 * Support more flexible constructors.
73 * Partial support for reading and writing .gir files.
74 * Improve compiler performance.
75 * Copy arrays where necessary.
76 * Basic support for static properties.
77 * Partial support for struct holding object references.
78 * Add tracker indexer bindings (Roberto Majadas)
79 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
85 * Notify on property changes by default (Jared Moore)
86 * Add unique-1.0 bindings (Phil Housley)
87 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
93 * Various improvements to D-Bus client and service support.
94 * Basic support for detailed signals.
95 * Check types of printf arguments.
96 * Support `in' operator for Gee.Collection and Gee.Map (Jamie McCracken)
97 * Add libgsf-1 bindings (Michael Lawrence)
98 * Add loudmouth-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
99 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
105 * Support overriding default method handlers of signals.
106 * Support dynamic access to properties and signals of GObjects.
107 * Experimental support for nullable value types.
108 * Improve support for classes not deriving from GLib.Object.
109 * Support """verbatim strings""".
110 * Add parser for Genie (Jamie McCracken)
111 * Experimental support for arrays of arrays.
112 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
113 * Improvements to D-Bus support (Ali Sabil, Philip Van Hoof, Yu Feng)
114 * Add libepc-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
115 * Add libtiff bindings (Christian Meyer)
116 * Updates to the GStreamer bindings (Ali Sabil and Jaap A. Haitsma)
117 * Many bug fixes and performance improvements.
122 * Add support for class constructors, class fields, and class methods.
123 * Various improvements to methods in D-Bus services.
124 * Add support for properties and signals in D-Bus services (Yu Feng)
125 * Add Time API to GLib bindings.
126 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
127 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
133 * Enable non-null types by default.
134 * Add --disable-non-null commandline option.
135 * New handwritten parser.
136 * Support virtual methods in interfaces.
137 * Add `dynamic' type modifier for D-Bus client support.
138 * Add experimental support for writing D-Bus services.
139 * Don't require `new' operator for structs.
140 * Warn when using deprecated syntax.
141 * Add libsexy bindings (Evan Nemerson)
142 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
148 * Support nested namespaces.
149 * Support static constructors.
150 * Register enums with GType (Marc-André Lureau)
151 * Small syntax change for default values of properties.
152 * Add --verbose commandline option (Daniel Silverstone)
153 * Improve pointer support.
154 * Add GNOME Keyring bindings (Andrea Del Signore)
155 * Add SDL bindings (Levi Bard)
156 * Add libftdi bindings (Evan Nemerson)
157 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and SQLite bindings.
158 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
163 * Support private property accessors.
164 * Support default values for properties.
165 * Improve support for array length and delegate target parameters.
166 * Improve delegate and signal handler support.
167 * Introduce new syntax to declare errordomains.
168 * Improve exception support.
169 * Report errors for missing return statements.
170 * Report warnings for unreachable code.
171 * Improve support for generic types.
172 * Support pointer member access and pointer element access.
173 * Support pointer arithmetic.
174 * Add --quiet commandline option (Emmanuele Bassi)
175 * Add WebKit bindings.
176 * Add JSON-GLib bindings (Ali Sabil)
177 * Add goocanvas bindings (Roberto Majadas)
178 * Add hildon-fm-2 bindings (Levi Bard)
179 * Add taglib bindings (Andreas Brauchli)
180 * Add libusb bindings (Evan Nemerson)
181 * Add bzip2 bindings (Maciej Piechotka)
182 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and libsoup bindings.
189 * Add support for instance delegates.
190 * Support conditional method compilation.
191 * Add support for nested generic types.
192 * Add size_t and ssize_t.
193 * Use non-null types by default with --enable-non-null option.
194 * Limited support for nullable types.
195 * Add basic support for method pre- and postconditions.
196 * Improve pointer support.
197 * Always enable memory management.
198 * Add libgnome-menu bindings (Roberto Majadas)
199 * Add liboobs-1 bindings (Roberto Majadas)
200 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, SQLite, and libxml2 bindings.
201 * Small documentation improvements.
207 * Add Vala Project Generator.
208 * Support `in` operator for enums.
209 * Support typeof for generic type parameters.
210 * Replace gidlgen by vala-gen-introspect with a real C parser.
211 * Update all bindings to use vala-gen-introspect.
212 * Fix many gcc warnings.
213 * Fix build with Cygwin and MinGW (Yaakov Selkowitz).
219 * Use .vapi as file extension for bindings.
220 * Add Vala Reference Manual.
221 * Add support for object initializers.
222 * Emit #line directives in debug mode.
223 * Add --basedir option.
224 * Support creation methods in structs.
225 * Add support for [Notify] attribute for properties.
226 * Add experimental support for registering new fundamental classed types.
227 * Improve support for non-GObject classes.
228 * Improve error reporting.
229 * Add vapicheck to verify generated bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
230 * Drop xml_pp dependency (Alberto Ruiz).
236 * Convert reference-type structs to classes for a more consistent type system.
237 * Support `as` operator (Mathias Hasselmann).
238 * Improve array support.
239 * Experimental D-Bus client support.
240 * Add GConf bindings.
241 * Add libgnome and libgnomeui bindings.
242 * Add Glade bindings.
243 * Add libnotify bindings (Nicolas Christener, Roland Hostettler).
244 * Add GnomeVFS bindings.
245 * Add GtkSourceView bindings.
246 * Add Panel Applet bindings.
247 * Add GNOME Desktop Library bindings.
248 * Add libsoup bindings.
249 * Add libwnck bindings.
250 * Add GtkMozEmbed bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
251 * Add Poppler bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
252 * Add Enchant bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
253 * Add Hildon bindings (Marcelo Lira).
254 * Add SQLite bindings.
255 * Add curses bindings (Ed Schouten).
256 * Build system fixes (Nicolas Trangez).
257 * Add manual pages for gidlgen and vapigen (Kumar Appaiah).
258 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
263 * Use and support libgee collection library (internal copy for now).
264 * Performance improvements.
265 * Improve support for generic types.
266 * Many memory management fixes.
267 * Add support for inner classes.
268 * Add --cc and -X commandline options to control the C compiler.
269 * Use GSlice for reference-type structs.
270 * Add experimental GStreamer bindings.
275 * Support simple exception handling.
276 * Improve array and string support.
277 * Support multi-dimensional arrays.
278 * Add --thread commandline option.
285 * Add commandline options for running the C compiler and linker.
286 * Use # modifier for reference transfer in method parameters.
287 * Replace callback keyword by delegate.
288 * Improve and update GLib and GTK+ bindings.
289 * Add experimental GVFS binding.
290 * C89/MSVC portability fixes (Hans Breuer).
291 * Refactor code generator.
292 * Add experimental bindings generator.
298 * Add support for defining new generic classes.
299 * Improve array support.
300 * Memory management fixes.
301 * Improve abstract property support.
302 * Add basic support for flags types.
303 * Improve GLib binding.
310 * Add support for overridden properties.
311 * Support properties and signals in interfaces.
312 * Improve interface runtime suport.
313 * Verify that classes implement all abstract and interface methods.
314 * Basic compile-time support for generic types.
315 * Default to strong references for return values and local variables.
316 * Improve signal support.
317 * Add support for pointers.
318 * Improve support for numeric types.
319 * Support writing GTypeModule-based plug-ins.
320 * Improve manual memory management support.
321 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
327 * New object construction syntax.
328 * Interface implementations don't have to specify override anymore.
329 * Improve interface support.
334 * Improve interface support.
336 * Improve array support.
337 * Improve enum support.
338 * Add automated testing infrastructure.
339 * Fixes for prefix and postfix operators.
340 * Add more types to GLib bindings.
346 * Support base access.
347 * Support typeof expressions.
348 * Improve array support.
349 * Fix possible memory leak in foreach statements.
350 * Fix many warnings during C compilation.
351 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
356 * Support + operator in strings.
357 * Support unicode character literals.
358 * Add implicit conversions for numeric types.
359 * Improve interface support.
360 * Improve array support.
361 * Support arbitrary signal parameters.
362 * Add threading support.
363 * Support lock statements.
364 * Many improvements to the GTK+ bindings.
370 * Support namespace constants.
371 * Support switch statements.
372 * Array creation support.
373 * Provide complete but experimental bindings for GTK+ 2.10 and Cairo 1.2.
374 * Add implicit array length parameter.
375 * Follow package dependencies.
376 * Support hexadecimal and octal integer literals and hexadecimal escape
378 * Install libvala as shared library.
383 * Support named construction methods.
384 * Basic interface support.
385 * Improve error handling.