Re: [Vala] Feature request: cascade operator

2013-11-20 Thread Luca Bruno
On 20/11/2013 01:53, Christian Johnson wrote: I have been exploring and working with vala recently, so far I love it. It's better than even a lot of the "high level" languages I've worked with. I hope this is right place for a feature request, I couldn't find any information on how to submit one.

Re: [Vala] Feature request: cascade operator

2013-11-19 Thread Evan Nemerson
On Wed, 2013-11-20 at 00:53 +, Christian Johnson wrote: > I have been exploring and working with vala recently, so far I love it. It's > better than even a lot of the "high level" languages I've worked with. I > hope this is right place for a feature request, I couldn't find any > information o

Re: [Vala] Feature request: cascade operator

2013-11-19 Thread Christian Johnson
Nor Jaidi Tuah writes: > > > This can be simplified to: > > > > var window = new Window () > > ..title = "Hello, World!" > > ..border_width = 10 > > ..window_position = WindowPosition.CENTER > > ..set_default_size(350, 70); > > ... the above is troublesome. > > Consider this: >

Re: [Vala] Feature request: cascade operator

2013-11-19 Thread Nor Jaidi Tuah
> For example, say ".." is the operator, this: > > var object = new Object(); > object.method_one(arg); > object.method_two(arg); > object.method_three(arg); > > Can be written as this: > > new Object() > ..method_one(arg) > ..method_two(arg) > ..method_three(arg); Good idea. But > Another go

[Vala] Feature request: cascade operator

2013-11-19 Thread Christian Johnson
I have been exploring and working with vala recently, so far I love it. It's better than even a lot of the "high level" languages I've worked with. I hope this is right place for a feature request, I couldn't find any information on how to submit one. If people like this idea I may try to hack it t