Am Montag, den 02.11.2009, 11:59 -0600 schrieb Wolter Hellmund:
> I think Vala is missing some minor features related to type declarations
> (such as structs and enums) that both C and C++ have and are really
> useful.
>
> For example, if you are to declare a single struct in C or C++, you can
> just do:
> -----------
> struct {
> int id;
> float mass;
> } Object;
> ------------
> In Vala, you cannot (as far as I know by experimentation.
>
> Such is the example with the enum:
> ------------
> enum {
> CONSTRUCT
> RUN
> DESTROY
> } Process;
> ------------
> Again, Vala does not support this kind of declaration.
I don't see the benefit of these forms versus
struct Object {
int id;
float mass;
}
respectively
enum Process {
CONSTRUCT,
RUN,
DESTROY
}
or did you miss that these are available?
> Another feature that might be out of context, and I don't know if its
> implemented but nor Google nor the people at the IRC channel have been
> able to answer me, is enum iteration.
>
> foreach ((what type?) item in MyEnum) { ... }
That's not possible indeed. It might be handy, please open a bug ticket.
Thanks,
:M:
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