vala-0.46.0

[Douglas R. Reno]

New minor version

For change notes, fetch the 0.45.x series and then 0.46.0.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Vala 0.46.0

• Highlights:
  • Add boolean CodeContext.keep_going and corresponding compiler option

• Various improvements and bug fixes:
  • vala: + Move find_parent_type_symbol/get_this_type() to SemanticAnalyzer + Exclude nullable simple-type structs from gobject-property support + Reject unary operations on nullable integer/floating/boolean type
  • codegen: + Don't append unreachable clean-up section of Block + Don't cause double-free due append_local_free() in uncaught-errors + Don't unconditionally add/return internal "result" variable
  • codewriter: Write "weak" modifier for properties
  • girparser: Improve evalution of instance-parameter information (Regenerate GIR-based bindings to pick up out/ref instance-parameters)
  • girparser/gidlparser: "value_owned = true" by default for property types
  • libvaladoc: Don't traverse into close circles with parent
  • genie: Creation methods should not be static

• Bindings:
  • glib-2.0: Fix MutexLocker binding
  • glib-2.0: Add missing "DestroysInstance" attributes to Mutex/Locker API
  • glib-2.0: Use 'GStatBuf' as ctype for 'Stat'
  • glib-2.0: Add new symbols from 2.62
  • gio-2.0: Drop metadata for NativeSocketAddress
  • gstreamer: Update from 1.17.0+ git master
  • gtk4: Regenerate to pick up DestroyInstance attributes
  • json-glib-1.0: Change abstract methods of Serializable to virtual
  • libsoup-2.4: soup_auth_new is not a constructor but a factory method
  • vapi: Update GIR-based bindings

[Bruce Dubbs]

Fixed at revision 22116.