[Vala] Property accessors in bindings

2013-08-29 Thread Alejandro T. Colombini
Hi, last month I posted this message [1] in this list but, as you can see, it went unanswered. As it was a some time ago, I'm writing to see if someone can answer it now. Since my first post I've figured out that what I need to do is make vapigen not to use the [NoAccessorMethod] property

Re: [Vala] Worried about the state of Genie

2013-08-29 Thread Tal Liron
I'm not sure how Genie is more transitional than Vala in your view. Both offer the same benefits, just with a different syntax. Some of the bugs are real bugs: things that are supposed to work but don't. Some of them are requests to get Genie on par with Vala features -- there are things you

Re: [Vala] Worried about the state of Genie

2013-08-29 Thread Jürg Billeter
On Thu, 2013-08-29 at 16:53 +0800, Tal Liron wrote: But this discussion on specifics is pointless if no work will be done on Genie! I believe that the Vala team should reach a clear decision as to what to do with Genie. If Genie cannot be supported, then the responsible thing to do would be

Re: [Vala] Worried about the state of Genie

2013-08-29 Thread Tal Liron
Useful is a relative term... it's useful as is, despite bugs and missing features. However, in my opinion more work needs to be done *continuously* in order to make it not only useful, but of quality consistent with that of the Vala language. Low-quality pieces of the Vala project diminish its