[Vala] Fwd: Re: GenericArray problem

-- Mensaje reenviado -- De: "Daniel Espinosa" Fecha: oct. 17, 2015 7:58 AM Asunto: Re: [Vala] GenericArray problem Para: "Andy Lees" Cc: In LibreSCL (www.librescl.org) I just declare an empty class derived from a generic one, this makes to

Re: [Vala] Fwd: Re: GenericArray problem

Thanks Daniel, and I agree an empty subclass of a generic mostly works - but not with GenericArray for some reason. A direct specialisation of GenericArray works fine, but if one creates a subclass as indicated, the C comipler error appears in the compilation of the subclass definition. I wonder

Re: [Vala] Fwd: Re: GenericArray problem

On Sun, 2015-10-18 at 00:13 +1100, Andy Lees wrote: > I wonder if anyone has suggestions as to why GenericArray should > demonstrate this behaviour? The types in GLib aren't designed for inheritance. Due to restrictions in the C API it can never be fully functional, so it is generally better to

Re: [Vala] Fwd: Re: GenericArray problem

Thanks for the very detailed response, Evan. I have filed a bug accordingly. In the meantime a simple [Compact] vala implementation of the generic array functionality I need appears to take fewer cpu cycles than GenericArray (when optimised) when tested with a few operation patterns, so it's not