On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 18:44 +0100, Abderrahim Kitouni wrote: > Hi, > > 2009/10/26 Barry Kauler <[email protected]>: > > I am asking about > > > > var s = new string > > > > To me, it *does* make sense, but anyway, I am not asking about it's > > merits. I would like to know why it compiled before, not now. > > It looks like quite legal syntax to me, and the compiler was happy > > with it, and if it is now not legal, why not? > > The syntax is fine, it's just that string does not have a constructor. > It used to work because valac did not check for this before (I've > recently found the same to be true for Object), whether this should > work or not is something I cannot answer.
indeed the fact it no longer works is because that bug/loophole has been fixed (this is not a genie bug as it affects vala as well) > > HTH, > Abderrahim > _______________________________________________ > Vala-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list _______________________________________________ Vala-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
