Jürg Billeter | 13 May 01:38
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[ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.3.2 - Compiler for the GObject type system

We are pleased to announce version 0.3.2 of Vala, a compiler for the
GObject type system.

Vala 0.3.2 is now available for download at:
   http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.3/

Changes since 0.3.1
 * Add support for class constructors, class fields, and class methods.
 * Various improvements to methods in D-Bus services.
 * Add support for properties and signals in D-Bus services (Yu Feng)
 * Add Time API to GLib bindings.
 * Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
 * Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
 * Many bug fixes.

Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming
language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional
runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to
applications and libraries written in C.

valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates
Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject
type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source
code. It's also planned to generate GIDL files when gobject-
introspection is ready.

The syntax of Vala is similar to C#, modified to better fit the GObject
type system. Vala supports modern language features as the following:

        * Interfaces
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