4 * Infer type arguments when calling generic methods.
5 * Support `in' operator for arrays.
6 * Add experimental support for regular expression literals.
7 * Add experimental support for chained relational expressions.
9 * Add clutter-gtk-0.10 bindings (Gordon Allott).
10 * Add gdl-1.0 bindings (Nicolas Joseph).
11 * Add gstreamer-app-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
12 * Add gstreamer-cdda-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
13 * Add gudev-1.0 bindings (Jim Nelson).
14 * Add libgda-report-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
15 * Add libgvc (graphviz) bindings (Martin Olsson).
16 * Add purple bindings (Adrien Bustany).
17 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
22 * Support coalescing operator ??.
23 * Support to_string and bitwise complement with enums.
24 * Return handler id when connecting signal handlers.
25 * Support struct comparison.
26 * Support constructor chaining in structs.
27 * Enforce protected member restrictions.
28 * Improve performance of flow analysis.
29 * Support automatic line continuations in Genie.
30 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer.
31 * Add --enable-mem-profiler commandline option.
32 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
37 * Support array and string slicing.
38 * Add --symbols commandline option.
39 * Add avahi-gobject bindings (Sebastian Noack).
40 * Add ccss-1 bindings (Ali Sabil).
41 * Add libarchive bindings (Julian Andres Klode).
42 * Add libmagic bindings (Jens Georg).
43 * Add readline bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
44 * Add twitter-glib-1.0 bindings (Adrien Bustany).
45 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
50 * Support constructor chain up to GObject using Object (...).
51 * Add syntax for string templates.
52 * Support (!) non-null casts.
53 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
58 * Support `using' directives inside namespaces.
59 * Use const only for immutable structs.
60 * Support string marshalling for enums in D-Bus (Didier Ptitjes).
61 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
62 * Add libgda-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
63 * Many bug fixes for closures and async methods.
68 * Add support for closures.
69 * Improve support for asynchronous methods.
70 * Support async methods in D-Bus servers.
71 * Add clutter-1.0 bindings (Rob Taylor).
72 * Add GVariant, GSettings, and dconf bindings (Ryan Lortie).
73 * Add linux, libnl-1, and libasound bindings (Michael 'Mickey' Lauer).
74 * Add gnutls bindings (Jiří Zárevúcky).
75 * Add librest bindings (Adrien Bustany).
76 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
81 * Add support for static properties.
82 * Add support for delegate properties.
83 * Support virtual default handler for signals.
84 * Add limited support for derived compact classes.
85 * Add libgdata bindings (Víctor Manuel Jáquez Leal).
86 * Add libusb-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
87 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
92 * Add support for array properties.
93 * Support implicit and explicit GValue casts.
94 * Add initial support for generic methods.
95 * Add postgres bindings.
96 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
101 * Add initial support for POSIX profile.
102 * Add --vapi and --gir commandline options.
103 * Add initial x11, xcb, and cairo-xcb bindings.
104 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
109 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
110 * Many bug fixes and binding updates.
115 * Introduce new syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
116 * Add experimental support for fixed-length arrays.
117 * Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
118 * Updates to the GLib, Cairo, GTK+, GStreamer, and POSIX bindings.
124 * Do not generate header files unless requested by the -H commandline
125 option. This requires changes in the build system of Vala projects.
126 * Support conditional compilation.
131 * Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
132 * Add librsvg-2.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
133 * Add Maemo libosso bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
134 * Add V4L2 bindings (Matías De la Puente).
140 * Support signals in static D-Bus clients.
141 * Various improvements to asynchronous method support (Ryan Lortie).
142 * Report unused internal methods.
143 * Extend POSIX bindings.
144 * Add FUSE bindings (John Carr).
145 * Add libdaemon bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
151 * Do not require libgee for custom indexer access.
152 * Add Log.FILE, Log.LINE, and Log.METHOD constants.
153 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
154 * Add Lua bindings (pancake and Phil Housley).
155 * Add MySQL bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
156 * Add partial POSIX bindings.
162 * Improve syntax of owned property getters.
163 * Add --enable-deprecated and --enable-experimental commandline options.
164 * Remove --disable-non-null commandline option.
170 * Support array initializers as expressions.
171 * Support += to efficiently append elements to arrays.
172 * Calculate length for null-terminated arrays.
173 * Support initializers for multi-dimensional arrays.
174 * Add `owned' keyword to replace `#'.
175 * Various fixes in coroutine support.
176 * Support boxed structs as GObject properties.
182 * Rewrite D-Bus server support to directly use libdbus.
183 * Register structs as boxed types.
184 * Improve error reporting on invalid code.
185 * Support private class fields and class destructors.
186 * Add partial raptor and rasqal bindings.
187 * Drop vala-gen-project, moved to vtg.
193 * Report uninitialized local variables.
194 * Report unused fields, methods, and local variables.
195 * Fix error handling in complex statements.
196 * Improve support for generic types.
197 * Support parameter arrays in bindings.
198 * Do not require libgee for foreach statements.
199 * Support enums in D-Bus clients and servers.
200 * Support structs in hash tables in D-Bus servers.
201 * Experimental static D-Bus client support.
202 * Add --dump-tree commandline option to write code tree to file.
208 * Support type checks for error domains and error codes.
209 * Experimental support for yield statements and coroutines.
210 * Support GValue and GHashTable in D-Bus clients.
211 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
212 * Drop deprecated support for static classes.
213 * Modularize code generator.
219 * Support more flexible constructors.
220 * Partial support for reading and writing .gir files.
221 * Improve compiler performance.
222 * Copy arrays where necessary.
223 * Basic support for static properties.
224 * Partial support for struct holding object references.
225 * Add tracker indexer bindings (Roberto Majadas)
226 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
232 * Notify on property changes by default (Jared Moore)
233 * Add unique-1.0 bindings (Phil Housley)
234 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
240 * Various improvements to D-Bus client and service support.
241 * Basic support for detailed signals.
242 * Check types of printf arguments.
243 * Support `in' operator for Gee.Collection and Gee.Map (Jamie McCracken)
244 * Add libgsf-1 bindings (Michael Lawrence)
245 * Add loudmouth-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
246 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
252 * Support overriding default method handlers of signals.
253 * Support dynamic access to properties and signals of GObjects.
254 * Experimental support for nullable value types.
255 * Improve support for classes not deriving from GLib.Object.
256 * Support """verbatim strings""".
257 * Add parser for Genie (Jamie McCracken)
258 * Experimental support for arrays of arrays.
259 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
260 * Improvements to D-Bus support (Ali Sabil, Philip Van Hoof, Yu Feng)
261 * Add libepc-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
262 * Add libtiff bindings (Christian Meyer)
263 * Updates to the GStreamer bindings (Ali Sabil and Jaap A. Haitsma)
264 * Many bug fixes and performance improvements.
269 * Add support for class constructors, class fields, and class methods.
270 * Various improvements to methods in D-Bus services.
271 * Add support for properties and signals in D-Bus services (Yu Feng)
272 * Add Time API to GLib bindings.
273 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
274 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
280 * Enable non-null types by default.
281 * Add --disable-non-null commandline option.
282 * New handwritten parser.
283 * Support virtual methods in interfaces.
284 * Add `dynamic' type modifier for D-Bus client support.
285 * Add experimental support for writing D-Bus services.
286 * Don't require `new' operator for structs.
287 * Warn when using deprecated syntax.
288 * Add libsexy bindings (Evan Nemerson)
289 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
295 * Support nested namespaces.
296 * Support static constructors.
297 * Register enums with GType (Marc-André Lureau)
298 * Small syntax change for default values of properties.
299 * Add --verbose commandline option (Daniel Silverstone)
300 * Improve pointer support.
301 * Add GNOME Keyring bindings (Andrea Del Signore)
302 * Add SDL bindings (Levi Bard)
303 * Add libftdi bindings (Evan Nemerson)
304 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and SQLite bindings.
305 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
310 * Support private property accessors.
311 * Support default values for properties.
312 * Improve support for array length and delegate target parameters.
313 * Improve delegate and signal handler support.
314 * Introduce new syntax to declare errordomains.
315 * Improve exception support.
316 * Report errors for missing return statements.
317 * Report warnings for unreachable code.
318 * Improve support for generic types.
319 * Support pointer member access and pointer element access.
320 * Support pointer arithmetic.
321 * Add --quiet commandline option (Emmanuele Bassi)
322 * Add WebKit bindings.
323 * Add JSON-GLib bindings (Ali Sabil)
324 * Add goocanvas bindings (Roberto Majadas)
325 * Add hildon-fm-2 bindings (Levi Bard)
326 * Add taglib bindings (Andreas Brauchli)
327 * Add libusb bindings (Evan Nemerson)
328 * Add bzip2 bindings (Maciej Piechotka)
329 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and libsoup bindings.
336 * Add support for instance delegates.
337 * Support conditional method compilation.
338 * Add support for nested generic types.
339 * Add size_t and ssize_t.
340 * Use non-null types by default with --enable-non-null option.
341 * Limited support for nullable types.
342 * Add basic support for method pre- and postconditions.
343 * Improve pointer support.
344 * Always enable memory management.
345 * Add libgnome-menu bindings (Roberto Majadas)
346 * Add liboobs-1 bindings (Roberto Majadas)
347 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, SQLite, and libxml2 bindings.
348 * Small documentation improvements.
354 * Add Vala Project Generator.
355 * Support `in` operator for enums.
356 * Support typeof for generic type parameters.
357 * Replace gidlgen by vala-gen-introspect with a real C parser.
358 * Update all bindings to use vala-gen-introspect.
359 * Fix many gcc warnings.
360 * Fix build with Cygwin and MinGW (Yaakov Selkowitz).
366 * Use .vapi as file extension for bindings.
367 * Add Vala Reference Manual.
368 * Add support for object initializers.
369 * Emit #line directives in debug mode.
370 * Add --basedir option.
371 * Support creation methods in structs.
372 * Add support for [Notify] attribute for properties.
373 * Add experimental support for registering new fundamental classed types.
374 * Improve support for non-GObject classes.
375 * Improve error reporting.
376 * Add vapicheck to verify generated bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
377 * Drop xml_pp dependency (Alberto Ruiz).
383 * Convert reference-type structs to classes for a more consistent type system.
384 * Support `as` operator (Mathias Hasselmann).
385 * Improve array support.
386 * Experimental D-Bus client support.
387 * Add GConf bindings.
388 * Add libgnome and libgnomeui bindings.
389 * Add Glade bindings.
390 * Add libnotify bindings (Nicolas Christener, Roland Hostettler).
391 * Add GnomeVFS bindings.
392 * Add GtkSourceView bindings.
393 * Add Panel Applet bindings.
394 * Add GNOME Desktop Library bindings.
395 * Add libsoup bindings.
396 * Add libwnck bindings.
397 * Add GtkMozEmbed bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
398 * Add Poppler bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
399 * Add Enchant bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
400 * Add Hildon bindings (Marcelo Lira).
401 * Add SQLite bindings.
402 * Add curses bindings (Ed Schouten).
403 * Build system fixes (Nicolas Trangez).
404 * Add manual pages for gidlgen and vapigen (Kumar Appaiah).
405 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
410 * Use and support libgee collection library (internal copy for now).
411 * Performance improvements.
412 * Improve support for generic types.
413 * Many memory management fixes.
414 * Add support for inner classes.
415 * Add --cc and -X commandline options to control the C compiler.
416 * Use GSlice for reference-type structs.
417 * Add experimental GStreamer bindings.
422 * Support simple exception handling.
423 * Improve array and string support.
424 * Support multi-dimensional arrays.
425 * Add --thread commandline option.
432 * Add commandline options for running the C compiler and linker.
433 * Use # modifier for reference transfer in method parameters.
434 * Replace callback keyword by delegate.
435 * Improve and update GLib and GTK+ bindings.
436 * Add experimental GVFS binding.
437 * C89/MSVC portability fixes (Hans Breuer).
438 * Refactor code generator.
439 * Add experimental bindings generator.
445 * Add support for defining new generic classes.
446 * Improve array support.
447 * Memory management fixes.
448 * Improve abstract property support.
449 * Add basic support for flags types.
450 * Improve GLib binding.
457 * Add support for overridden properties.
458 * Support properties and signals in interfaces.
459 * Improve interface runtime suport.
460 * Verify that classes implement all abstract and interface methods.
461 * Basic compile-time support for generic types.
462 * Default to strong references for return values and local variables.
463 * Improve signal support.
464 * Add support for pointers.
465 * Improve support for numeric types.
466 * Support writing GTypeModule-based plug-ins.
467 * Improve manual memory management support.
468 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
474 * New object construction syntax.
475 * Interface implementations don't have to specify override anymore.
476 * Improve interface support.
481 * Improve interface support.
483 * Improve array support.
484 * Improve enum support.
485 * Add automated testing infrastructure.
486 * Fixes for prefix and postfix operators.
487 * Add more types to GLib bindings.
493 * Support base access.
494 * Support typeof expressions.
495 * Improve array support.
496 * Fix possible memory leak in foreach statements.
497 * Fix many warnings during C compilation.
498 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
503 * Support + operator in strings.
504 * Support unicode character literals.
505 * Add implicit conversions for numeric types.
506 * Improve interface support.
507 * Improve array support.
508 * Support arbitrary signal parameters.
509 * Add threading support.
510 * Support lock statements.
511 * Many improvements to the GTK+ bindings.
517 * Support namespace constants.
518 * Support switch statements.
519 * Array creation support.
520 * Provide complete but experimental bindings for GTK+ 2.10 and Cairo 1.2.
521 * Add implicit array length parameter.
522 * Follow package dependencies.
523 * Support hexadecimal and octal integer literals and hexadecimal escape
525 * Install libvala as shared library.
530 * Support named construction methods.
531 * Basic interface support.
532 * Improve error handling.