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