[ANNOUNCE] Vala 0.13.0 - Compiler for the GObject type system

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We are pleased to announce version 0.13.0 of Vala, a compiler for the

GObject type system.

 

Vala 0.13.0 is now available for download at:

http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.13/

 

Changes since 0.12.1

* More refactoring in the code generator.

* Improvements to the .gir reader.

* Switch JSON-GLib bindings to .gir.

* Drop deprecated support for D-Bus GLib in favor of GDBus.

* Many bug fixes and binding updates.

 

Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming

language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional

runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to

applications and libraries written in C.

 

valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates

Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject

type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source

code.

 

More information about Vala is available at

 

http://www.vala-project.org/

 

 

Jürg Billeter

 

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