4 * Support array initializers as expressions.
5 * Support += to efficiently append elements to arrays.
6 * Calculate length for null-terminated arrays.
7 * Support initializers for multi-dimensional arrays.
8 * Add `owned' keyword to replace `#'.
9 * Various fixes in coroutine support.
10 * Support boxed structs as GObject properties.
16 * Rewrite D-Bus server support to directly use libdbus.
17 * Register structs as boxed types.
18 * Improve error reporting on invalid code.
19 * Support private class fields and class destructors.
20 * Add partial raptor and rasqal bindings.
21 * Drop vala-gen-project, moved to vtg.
27 * Report uninitialized local variables.
28 * Report unused fields, methods, and local variables.
29 * Fix error handling in complex statements.
30 * Improve support for generic types.
31 * Support parameter arrays in bindings.
32 * Do not require libgee for foreach statements.
33 * Support enums in D-Bus clients and servers.
34 * Support structs in hash tables in D-Bus servers.
35 * Experimental static D-Bus client support.
36 * Add --dump-tree commandline option to write code tree to file.
42 * Support type checks for error domains and error codes.
43 * Experimental support for yield statements and coroutines.
44 * Support GValue and GHashTable in D-Bus clients.
45 * Various improvements to the .gir reader.
46 * Drop deprecated support for static classes.
47 * Modularize code generator.
53 * Support more flexible constructors.
54 * Partial support for reading and writing .gir files.
55 * Improve compiler performance.
56 * Copy arrays where necessary.
57 * Basic support for static properties.
58 * Partial support for struct holding object references.
59 * Add tracker indexer bindings (Roberto Majadas)
60 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
66 * Notify on property changes by default (Jared Moore)
67 * Add unique-1.0 bindings (Phil Housley)
68 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
74 * Various improvements to D-Bus client and service support.
75 * Basic support for detailed signals.
76 * Check types of printf arguments.
77 * Support `in' operator for Gee.Collection and Gee.Map (Jamie McCracken)
78 * Add libgsf-1 bindings (Michael Lawrence)
79 * Add loudmouth-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
80 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
86 * Support overriding default method handlers of signals.
87 * Support dynamic access to properties and signals of GObjects.
88 * Experimental support for nullable value types.
89 * Improve support for classes not deriving from GLib.Object.
90 * Support """verbatim strings""".
91 * Add parser for Genie (Jamie McCracken)
92 * Experimental support for arrays of arrays.
93 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
94 * Improvements to D-Bus support (Ali Sabil, Philip Van Hoof, Yu Feng)
95 * Add libepc-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
96 * Add libtiff bindings (Christian Meyer)
97 * Updates to the GStreamer bindings (Ali Sabil and Jaap A. Haitsma)
98 * Many bug fixes and performance improvements.
103 * Add support for class constructors, class fields, and class methods.
104 * Various improvements to methods in D-Bus services.
105 * Add support for properties and signals in D-Bus services (Yu Feng)
106 * Add Time API to GLib bindings.
107 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
108 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
114 * Enable non-null types by default.
115 * Add --disable-non-null commandline option.
116 * New handwritten parser.
117 * Support virtual methods in interfaces.
118 * Add `dynamic' type modifier for D-Bus client support.
119 * Add experimental support for writing D-Bus services.
120 * Don't require `new' operator for structs.
121 * Warn when using deprecated syntax.
122 * Add libsexy bindings (Evan Nemerson)
123 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
129 * Support nested namespaces.
130 * Support static constructors.
131 * Register enums with GType (Marc-André Lureau)
132 * Small syntax change for default values of properties.
133 * Add --verbose commandline option (Daniel Silverstone)
134 * Improve pointer support.
135 * Add GNOME Keyring bindings (Andrea Del Signore)
136 * Add SDL bindings (Levi Bard)
137 * Add libftdi bindings (Evan Nemerson)
138 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and SQLite bindings.
139 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
144 * Support private property accessors.
145 * Support default values for properties.
146 * Improve support for array length and delegate target parameters.
147 * Improve delegate and signal handler support.
148 * Introduce new syntax to declare errordomains.
149 * Improve exception support.
150 * Report errors for missing return statements.
151 * Report warnings for unreachable code.
152 * Improve support for generic types.
153 * Support pointer member access and pointer element access.
154 * Support pointer arithmetic.
155 * Add --quiet commandline option (Emmanuele Bassi)
156 * Add WebKit bindings.
157 * Add JSON-GLib bindings (Ali Sabil)
158 * Add goocanvas bindings (Roberto Majadas)
159 * Add hildon-fm-2 bindings (Levi Bard)
160 * Add taglib bindings (Andreas Brauchli)
161 * Add libusb bindings (Evan Nemerson)
162 * Add bzip2 bindings (Maciej Piechotka)
163 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and libsoup bindings.
170 * Add support for instance delegates.
171 * Support conditional method compilation.
172 * Add support for nested generic types.
173 * Add size_t and ssize_t.
174 * Use non-null types by default with --enable-non-null option.
175 * Limited support for nullable types.
176 * Add basic support for method pre- and postconditions.
177 * Improve pointer support.
178 * Always enable memory management.
179 * Add libgnome-menu bindings (Roberto Majadas)
180 * Add liboobs-1 bindings (Roberto Majadas)
181 * Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, SQLite, and libxml2 bindings.
182 * Small documentation improvements.
188 * Add Vala Project Generator.
189 * Support `in` operator for enums.
190 * Support typeof for generic type parameters.
191 * Replace gidlgen by vala-gen-introspect with a real C parser.
192 * Update all bindings to use vala-gen-introspect.
193 * Fix many gcc warnings.
194 * Fix build with Cygwin and MinGW (Yaakov Selkowitz).
200 * Use .vapi as file extension for bindings.
201 * Add Vala Reference Manual.
202 * Add support for object initializers.
203 * Emit #line directives in debug mode.
204 * Add --basedir option.
205 * Support creation methods in structs.
206 * Add support for [Notify] attribute for properties.
207 * Add experimental support for registering new fundamental classed types.
208 * Improve support for non-GObject classes.
209 * Improve error reporting.
210 * Add vapicheck to verify generated bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
211 * Drop xml_pp dependency (Alberto Ruiz).
217 * Convert reference-type structs to classes for a more consistent type system.
218 * Support `as` operator (Mathias Hasselmann).
219 * Improve array support.
220 * Experimental D-Bus client support.
221 * Add GConf bindings.
222 * Add libgnome and libgnomeui bindings.
223 * Add Glade bindings.
224 * Add libnotify bindings (Nicolas Christener, Roland Hostettler).
225 * Add GnomeVFS bindings.
226 * Add GtkSourceView bindings.
227 * Add Panel Applet bindings.
228 * Add GNOME Desktop Library bindings.
229 * Add libsoup bindings.
230 * Add libwnck bindings.
231 * Add GtkMozEmbed bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
232 * Add Poppler bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
233 * Add Enchant bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
234 * Add Hildon bindings (Marcelo Lira).
235 * Add SQLite bindings.
236 * Add curses bindings (Ed Schouten).
237 * Build system fixes (Nicolas Trangez).
238 * Add manual pages for gidlgen and vapigen (Kumar Appaiah).
239 * Many bug fixes all over the place.
244 * Use and support libgee collection library (internal copy for now).
245 * Performance improvements.
246 * Improve support for generic types.
247 * Many memory management fixes.
248 * Add support for inner classes.
249 * Add --cc and -X commandline options to control the C compiler.
250 * Use GSlice for reference-type structs.
251 * Add experimental GStreamer bindings.
256 * Support simple exception handling.
257 * Improve array and string support.
258 * Support multi-dimensional arrays.
259 * Add --thread commandline option.
266 * Add commandline options for running the C compiler and linker.
267 * Use # modifier for reference transfer in method parameters.
268 * Replace callback keyword by delegate.
269 * Improve and update GLib and GTK+ bindings.
270 * Add experimental GVFS binding.
271 * C89/MSVC portability fixes (Hans Breuer).
272 * Refactor code generator.
273 * Add experimental bindings generator.
279 * Add support for defining new generic classes.
280 * Improve array support.
281 * Memory management fixes.
282 * Improve abstract property support.
283 * Add basic support for flags types.
284 * Improve GLib binding.
291 * Add support for overridden properties.
292 * Support properties and signals in interfaces.
293 * Improve interface runtime suport.
294 * Verify that classes implement all abstract and interface methods.
295 * Basic compile-time support for generic types.
296 * Default to strong references for return values and local variables.
297 * Improve signal support.
298 * Add support for pointers.
299 * Improve support for numeric types.
300 * Support writing GTypeModule-based plug-ins.
301 * Improve manual memory management support.
302 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
308 * New object construction syntax.
309 * Interface implementations don't have to specify override anymore.
310 * Improve interface support.
315 * Improve interface support.
317 * Improve array support.
318 * Improve enum support.
319 * Add automated testing infrastructure.
320 * Fixes for prefix and postfix operators.
321 * Add more types to GLib bindings.
327 * Support base access.
328 * Support typeof expressions.
329 * Improve array support.
330 * Fix possible memory leak in foreach statements.
331 * Fix many warnings during C compilation.
332 * Improve GTK+ bindings.
337 * Support + operator in strings.
338 * Support unicode character literals.
339 * Add implicit conversions for numeric types.
340 * Improve interface support.
341 * Improve array support.
342 * Support arbitrary signal parameters.
343 * Add threading support.
344 * Support lock statements.
345 * Many improvements to the GTK+ bindings.
351 * Support namespace constants.
352 * Support switch statements.
353 * Array creation support.
354 * Provide complete but experimental bindings for GTK+ 2.10 and Cairo 1.2.
355 * Add implicit array length parameter.
356 * Follow package dependencies.
357 * Support hexadecimal and octal integer literals and hexadecimal escape
359 * Install libvala as shared library.
364 * Support named construction methods.
365 * Basic interface support.
366 * Improve error handling.