2013/3/16 Albert Hopkins <[email protected]> > > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Jonas Kulla wrote: > [...] > > Hi, > > > > Your function 'noop()' is declared static, hence no instance is required > > to > > call it. > > Class constructors are called on the first construction of an instance, > > ie. > > when you do 'new MyClass();' . > > > > Jonas > > I'm looking to create a static class (or whatever the correct way to to > this in vala). Basically I need a class that will have all static data, > so I won't require to initialize the class. It will have some static > methods and a HashMap. I'm trying to initialize the HashMap. I thought > a class/static constructor would do the trick. Apparently this is not > the preferred method. Do you know what is? > > thanks, > -a >
Hm, a since a class with only static methods isn't really more than just a bunch of functions/variables namespace'd together, I don't quite see the point in it to begin with. Anyway, what I'd do in your case is to either require the user of your class/functions to call an initial 'MyClass::init()', or to do a check at the beginning of each function and init the respective variables. Jonas _______________________________________________ vala-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
