On Sat, 2009-06-27 at 08:03 +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote: > Raphael Bosshard wrote: > > I'd rather like a possibility to automatically convert (or > > semi-convert, with manual fixes) C# code to Vala. There are some > > C#/Mono libraries out there (like Banshees ListView implementation) > > which provide a real benefit. Right now these libraries are only > > available to Mono applications. In some cases it would make sense to > > have a 'low level' implementation. It would be nice if they were > > available for the whole Gnome eco-system. > I hadn't considered how it would enrich gnome in general, but of > course you are right, and this is one of the advantages of Vala. > > > The "on topic" results of the thread so far are: > > 1. automatic language conversion of C# > The code won't compile but the syntax would be valid. > * Maybe Vala's parser could parse C# into a Vala AST > which it could re-emit as vala code > * Maybe some perl/python tool to fix up or highlight the > various constructs > * Maybe just conversion of the mono project files into > an automake file > 2. vapi/vala re-writes of some common mono dependencies > (This would also improve the gnome eco-system) > If these can be made available to mono again, it would support > a seamless bottom up migration > 3. Improve vala documentation (particularly to be useful for > developers not familiar with gobject) > 4. Port Tomboy as a show-case project port 4 seems to be very fun; how large is the codebase of tomboy?
BTW: What is the largest show-case project driven by VALA, excluding vala itself? Here I am not limiting within project ported from mono. -Yu > > Sam > _______________________________________________ > Vala-list mailing list > Vala-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list _______________________________________________ Vala-list mailing list Vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
