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Vala 0.35.3
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
* Add gtk+-unix-print-{2,3,4}.0 bindings.
Vala 0.35.2
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.35.1
===========
* Add support for the \v escape character.
* Ignore --thread command-line option which is obsolete.
* Fix type checking when using generics.
* Use g_signal_emit where possible.
* Introduce [FormatArg] attribute for parameters.
* Use GTask API for async implementations with target-gLib >= 2.36.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.34.0
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.33.1
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.32.0
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.31.1
===========
* Introduce [Version] attribute.
* Require and target GLib >= 2.32.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.30.0
===========
* Binding updates.
Vala 0.29.3
===========
* Add --shared-library option for GIR files.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.29.2
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.29.1
===========
* Binding updates.
Vala 0.28.0
===========
* Binding updates.
Vala 0.27.2
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.27.1
===========
* Print compiler messages in color.
* Add clutter-gdk-1.0 bindings.
* Add clutter-gst-3.0 bindings.
* Add clutter-x11-1.0 bindings.
* Add rest-extras-0.7 bindings.
* Bug fix and binding updates.
Vala 0.26.0
===========
* Bug fix and binding updates.
Vala 0.25.4
===========
* Add option --vapi-comments.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.25.3
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.25.2
===========
* Require and target GLib >= 2.24.
* Report warning for private struct fields.
* Replace webkit2gtk-3.0 bindings with webkit2gtk-4.0 bindings.
* Always build vapigen.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.25.1
===========
* Support explicit interface method implementation.
* Support (unowned type)[] syntax.
* Support non-literal length in fixed-size arrays.
* Mark regular expression literals as stable.
* GIR parser updates.
* Add webkit2gtk-3.0 bindings.
* Add gstreamer-allocators-1.0 and gstreamer-riff-1.0 bindings.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.24.0
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.23.3
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.23.2
===========
* Bind GDK event structures as compact classes.
* Switch gdk-x11-3.0 bindings to .gir.
* Switch librsvg-2.0 bindings to .gir.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.23.1
===========
* GIR parser updates.
* Switch libnotify bindings to .gir.
* Add libpeas-gtk-1.0 bindings.
* Add xcb-icccm bindings.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.22.0
===========
* Support chain up to constructv functions.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.21.2
===========
* Recognize ref/unref functions in .gir files.
* Add geocode-glib bindings.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.21.1
===========
* Support \uXXXX escape sequences.
* Support specifying vfunc order in interfaces to define ABI.
* Support GTK+ widget templates.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.20.1
===========
* Bug fixes.
Vala 0.20.0
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.19.0
===========
* Support scope = "async" attribute for parameters.
* Add --api-version option.
* Add atspi-2 bindings.
* Add gstreamer-rtsp-server-1.0 bindings.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.18.0
===========
* Bug fixes.
Vala 0.17.7
===========
* Add libgnome-menu-3.0 bindings.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.17.6
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.17.5
===========
* Support subclassing of GLib.Source.
* Switch pango bindings to .gir.
* Add gstreamer-1.0 core bindings.
* Add gst-plugins-base-1.0 bindings.
* Add gobject-introspection-1.0 bindings.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.17.4
===========
* Warn when accessing static members with an instance reference.
* Recompute length when casting between array types.
* Support [GenericAccessors] attribute for interfaces.
* Deprecate implicit .begin for async methods.
* Drop Dova profile.
* Drop POSIX profile.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.17.3
===========
* Require and target GLib >= 2.18.
* Support async creation methods.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.17.2
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.17.1
===========
* Improve assertion messages.
* Add --enable-gobject-tracing commandline option.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.17.0
===========
* Support simple method-level profiling.
* Add VALA_CHECK_MODULES and VALA_PROG_VAPIGEN to vala.m4.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.16.0
===========
* Add udisks2 bindings.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.15.2
===========
* Switch poppler-glib bindings to .gir.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.15.1
===========
* Support arrays with nullable elements.
* Add <doc> support to .gir reader and writer.
* Switch clutter-gtk-1.0 bindings to .gir.
* Switch gio-2.0 bindings to .gir.
* Add cogl-pango-1.0 bindings.
* Add gdl-3.0 bindings.
* Add libnl-3.0 bindings.
* Add packagekit-glib2 bindings.
* Add xtst bindings.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.15.0
===========
* Manage memory of GQueue elements.
* Switch atk bindings to .gir.
* Switch gdk-pixbuf-2.0 bindings to .gir.
* Switch gdk-3.0 bindings to .gir.
* Add libwnck-3.0 bindings.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.14.0
===========
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.13.4
===========
* Switch gudev-1.0 bindings to .gir.
* Switch mx-1.0 bindings to .gir.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.13.3
===========
* Switch pangocairo bindings to .gir.
* Bug fixes.
Vala 0.13.2
===========
* Enable flow analysis for out parameters.
* Refactor attribute handling.
* Add gedit-3.0 bindings.
* Add gtksourceview-3.0 bindings.
* Add rest-0.7 bindings.
* Add vte-2.90 bindings.
* Switch clutter-1.0 bindings to .gir.
* Switch libgdata bindings to .gir.
* Switch libsoup bindings to .gir.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.13.1
===========
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.13.0
===========
* 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 0.12.0
===========
* Add get_next_char to string class.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.11.7
===========
* Add support for async signal handlers (Frederik Sdun).
* More refactoring in the code generator (Luca Bruno).
* Improvements to the .gir writer (Michal Hruby).
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.11.6
===========
* Add parse and try_parse methods to boolean and numeric types.
* Add clutter-gtk-1.0 bindings.
* Add pixmap-1 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.11.5
===========
* Add last_index_of and last_index_of_char to string class.
* More refactoring in the code generator (Luca Bruno).
* Improvements to the .gir writer (Michal Hruby).
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.11.4
===========
* Add index_of, index_of_char, and char_count to string class.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.11.3
===========
* Support BusName sender parameter in GDBus servers.
* More refactoring in the code generator.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.11.2
===========
* Update libnotify bindings to 0.7.0.
* Improvements to the .gir reader.
* Bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.11.1
===========
* Require and target GLib >= 2.16.
* Guard access to out parameters to allow null arguments.
* Add support for local constants.
* Support file descriptor passing with GDBus.
* Support cached property values in GDBus clients.
* Support Cancellable parameter in GDBus clients.
* Support no-reply methods in GDBus clients and servers.
* More refactoring in the code generator.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.11.0
===========
* Use byte indices for strings.
* Use uint8[] for binary data in bindings.
* Add support for parallel compilation.
* Improve compiler performance.
* More refactoring in the code generator.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.10.0
===========
* Port GIR parser and writer to GIR version 1.2.
* Update GLib bindings to 2.26 branch.
* Bug fixes.
Vala 0.9.8
==========
* Add --fatal-warnings commandline option.
* Deprecate string.len () in favor of string.length.
* Deprecate use of D-Bus GLib in favor of GDBus.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.9.7
==========
* Fix regression introduced by codegen refactoring.
Vala 0.9.6
==========
* Drop deprecated support for assigning to construct properties.
* Some refactoring in the code generator.
* Bug fixes in bindings and vapigen.
Vala 0.9.5
==========
* Add version suffix to support parallel installation.
* Define VALA_X_Y according to compiler version.
* Enable version header by default.
* Add vala.m4 with VALA_CHECK_PACKAGES macro.
* Add gedit-2.20 bindings (Andrea Del Signore).
* Add tokyocabinet bindings (Evan Nemerson).
* Various improvements to the Dova profile.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.9.4
==========
* Append documentation comments to generated C files.
* Skip <doc> tags in .gir files.
* Various improvements to the Dova profile.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.9.3
==========
* Support newlines in double quoted string literals.
* Add experimental support for main blocks.
* Add experimental vala tool to compile and run code.
* Initial support for generic delegates.
* Support using GClosure for delegate parameters.
* Support GBoxed-based memory management.
* Improvements to the .gir reader and writer.
* Various improvements to the Dova profile.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.9.2
==========
* Initial support for GDBus-based clients and servers.
* Support implicit and explicit GVariant casts.
* Add support for [Deprecated] attribute.
* Add GenericArray as alternative binding to GPtrArray.
* Add gdk-pixbuf-3.0, gdk-3.0, gdk-x11-3.0, and gtk+-3.0 bindings.
* Updates to the GLib bindings.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.9.1
==========
* Support constants in enums.
* Deprecate +=/-= syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
* Add experimental support for Dova profile.
* Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
* Add clutter-gst-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil).
* Add gdu and gdu-gtk bindings.
* Add libesmtp bindings (Adrien Bustany).
* Add mx-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
* Add orc-0.4 bindings (Fabian Deutsch).
* Add rest-extras-0.6 bindings (Adrien Bustany).
* Updates to the GLib, GStreamer, Linux, SQLite, and other bindings.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.8.0
==========
* Infer type arguments when calling generic methods.
* Support `in' operator for arrays.
* Add experimental support for regular expression literals.
* Add experimental support for chained relational expressions.
* Add va_list support.
* Add clutter-gtk-0.10 bindings (Gordon Allott).
* Add gdl-1.0 bindings (Nicolas Joseph).
* Add gstreamer-app-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
* Add gstreamer-cdda-0.10 bindings (Sebastian Dröge).
* Add gudev-1.0 bindings (Jim Nelson).
* Add libgda-report-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
* Add libgvc (graphviz) bindings (Martin Olsson).
* Add purple bindings (Adrien Bustany).
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.7.10
===========
* Support coalescing operator ??.
* Support to_string and bitwise complement with enums.
* Return handler id when connecting signal handlers.
* Support struct comparison.
* Support constructor chaining in structs.
* Enforce protected member restrictions.
* Improve performance of flow analysis.
* Support automatic line continuations in Genie.
* Improvements to the .gir reader and writer.
* Add --enable-mem-profiler commandline option.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.7.9
==========
* Support array and string slicing.
* Add --symbols commandline option.
* Add avahi-gobject bindings (Sebastian Noack).
* Add ccss-1 bindings (Ali Sabil).
* Add libarchive bindings (Julian Andres Klode).
* Add libmagic bindings (Jens Georg).
* Add readline bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
* Add twitter-glib-1.0 bindings (Adrien Bustany).
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.7.8
==========
* Support constructor chain up to GObject using Object (...).
* Add syntax for string templates.
* Support (!) non-null casts.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.7.7
==========
* Support `using' directives inside namespaces.
* Use const only for immutable structs.
* Support string marshalling for enums in D-Bus (Didier Ptitjes).
* Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
* Add libgda-4.0 bindings (Shawn Ferris).
* Many bug fixes for closures and async methods.
Vala 0.7.6
==========
* Add support for closures.
* Improve support for asynchronous methods.
* Support async methods in D-Bus servers.
* Add clutter-1.0 bindings (Rob Taylor).
* Add GVariant, GSettings, and dconf bindings (Ryan Lortie).
* Add linux, libnl-1, and libasound bindings (Michael 'Mickey' Lauer).
* Add gnutls bindings (Jiří Zárevúcky).
* Add librest bindings (Adrien Bustany).
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.7.5
==========
* Add support for static properties.
* Add support for delegate properties.
* Support virtual default handler for signals.
* Add limited support for derived compact classes.
* Add libgdata bindings (Víctor Manuel Jáquez Leal).
* Add libusb-1.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.7.4
==========
* Add support for array properties.
* Support implicit and explicit GValue casts.
* Add initial support for generic methods.
* Add postgres bindings.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.7.3
==========
* Add initial support for POSIX profile.
* Add --vapi and --gir commandline options.
* Add initial x11, xcb, and cairo-xcb bindings.
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.7.2
==========
* Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
* Many bug fixes and binding updates.
Vala 0.7.1
==========
* Introduce new syntax to connect/disconnect signal handlers.
* Add experimental support for fixed-length arrays.
* Update Genie parser (Jamie McCracken).
* Updates to the GLib, Cairo, GTK+, GStreamer, and POSIX bindings.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.7.0
==========
* Do not generate header files unless requested by the -H commandline
option. This requires changes in the build system of Vala projects.
* Support conditional compilation.
Vala 0.6.0
==========
* Improvements to the .gir reader and writer (Didier Ptitjes).
* Add librsvg-2.0 bindings (Evan Nemerson).
* Add Maemo libosso bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
* Add V4L2 bindings (Matías De la Puente).
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.5.7
==========
* Support signals in static D-Bus clients.
* Various improvements to asynchronous method support (Ryan Lortie).
* Report unused internal methods.
* Extend POSIX bindings.
* Add FUSE bindings (John Carr).
* Add libdaemon bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.5.6
==========
* Do not require libgee for custom indexer access.
* Add Log.FILE, Log.LINE, and Log.METHOD constants.
* Various improvements to the .gir reader.
* Add Lua bindings (pancake and Phil Housley).
* Add MySQL bindings (Jukka-Pekka Iivonen).
* Add partial POSIX bindings.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.5.5
==========
* Improve syntax of owned property getters.
* Add --enable-deprecated and --enable-experimental commandline options.
* Remove --disable-non-null commandline option.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.5.4
==========
* Support array initializers as expressions.
* Support += to efficiently append elements to arrays.
* Calculate length for null-terminated arrays.
* Support initializers for multi-dimensional arrays.
* Add `owned' keyword to replace `#'.
* Various fixes in coroutine support.
* Support boxed structs as GObject properties.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.5.3
==========
* Rewrite D-Bus server support to directly use libdbus.
* Register structs as boxed types.
* Improve error reporting on invalid code.
* Support private class fields and class destructors.
* Add partial raptor and rasqal bindings.
* Drop vala-gen-project, moved to vtg.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.5.2
==========
* Report uninitialized local variables.
* Report unused fields, methods, and local variables.
* Fix error handling in complex statements.
* Improve support for generic types.
* Support parameter arrays in bindings.
* Do not require libgee for foreach statements.
* Support enums in D-Bus clients and servers.
* Support structs in hash tables in D-Bus servers.
* Experimental static D-Bus client support.
* Add --dump-tree commandline option to write code tree to file.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.5.1
==========
* Support type checks for error domains and error codes.
* Experimental support for yield statements and coroutines.
* Support GValue and GHashTable in D-Bus clients.
* Various improvements to the .gir reader.
* Drop deprecated support for static classes.
* Modularize code generator.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.4.0
==========
* Support more flexible constructors.
* Partial support for reading and writing .gir files.
* Improve compiler performance.
* Copy arrays where necessary.
* Basic support for static properties.
* Partial support for struct holding object references.
* Add tracker indexer bindings (Roberto Majadas)
* Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.3.5
==========
* Notify on property changes by default (Jared Moore)
* Add unique-1.0 bindings (Phil Housley)
* Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.3.4
==========
* Various improvements to D-Bus client and service support.
* Basic support for detailed signals.
* Check types of printf arguments.
* Support `in' operator for Gee.Collection and Gee.Map (Jamie McCracken)
* Add libgsf-1 bindings (Michael Lawrence)
* Add loudmouth-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
* Updates to the GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.3.3
==========
* Support overriding default method handlers of signals.
* Support dynamic access to properties and signals of GObjects.
* Experimental support for nullable value types.
* Improve support for classes not deriving from GLib.Object.
* Support """verbatim strings""".
* Add parser for Genie (Jamie McCracken)
* Experimental support for arrays of arrays.
* Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
* Improvements to D-Bus support (Ali Sabil, Philip Van Hoof, Yu Feng)
* Add libepc-1.0 bindings (Ali Sabil)
* Add libtiff bindings (Christian Meyer)
* Updates to the GStreamer bindings (Ali Sabil and Jaap A. Haitsma)
* Many bug fixes and performance improvements.
Vala 0.3.2
==========
* Add support for class constructors, class fields, and class methods.
* Various improvements to methods in D-Bus services.
* Add support for properties and signals in D-Bus services (Yu Feng)
* Add Time API to GLib bindings.
* Documentation improvements (Phil Housley)
* Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.3.1
==========
* Enable non-null types by default.
* Add --disable-non-null commandline option.
* New handwritten parser.
* Support virtual methods in interfaces.
* Add `dynamic' type modifier for D-Bus client support.
* Add experimental support for writing D-Bus services.
* Don't require `new' operator for structs.
* Warn when using deprecated syntax.
* Add libsexy bindings (Evan Nemerson)
* Updates to the GLib and GTK+ bindings.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.2.0
==========
* Support nested namespaces.
* Support static constructors.
* Register enums with GType (Marc-André Lureau)
* Small syntax change for default values of properties.
* Add --verbose commandline option (Daniel Silverstone)
* Improve pointer support.
* Add GNOME Keyring bindings (Andrea Del Signore)
* Add SDL bindings (Levi Bard)
* Add libftdi bindings (Evan Nemerson)
* Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and SQLite bindings.
* Many bug fixes all over the place.
Vala 0.1.7
==========
* Support private property accessors.
* Support default values for properties.
* Improve support for array length and delegate target parameters.
* Improve delegate and signal handler support.
* Introduce new syntax to declare errordomains.
* Improve exception support.
* Report errors for missing return statements.
* Report warnings for unreachable code.
* Improve support for generic types.
* Support pointer member access and pointer element access.
* Support pointer arithmetic.
* Add --quiet commandline option (Emmanuele Bassi)
* Add WebKit bindings.
* Add JSON-GLib bindings (Ali Sabil)
* Add goocanvas bindings (Roberto Majadas)
* Add hildon-fm-2 bindings (Levi Bard)
* Add taglib bindings (Andreas Brauchli)
* Add libusb bindings (Evan Nemerson)
* Add bzip2 bindings (Maciej Piechotka)
* Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, and libsoup bindings.
* Fixes for Windows.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.1.6
==========
* Add support for instance delegates.
* Support conditional method compilation.
* Add support for nested generic types.
* Add size_t and ssize_t.
* Use non-null types by default with --enable-non-null option.
* Limited support for nullable types.
* Add basic support for method pre- and postconditions.
* Improve pointer support.
* Always enable memory management.
* Add libgnome-menu bindings (Roberto Majadas)
* Add liboobs-1 bindings (Roberto Majadas)
* Updates to the GLib, GTK+, GStreamer, SQLite, and libxml2 bindings.
* Small documentation improvements.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.1.5
==========
* Add Vala Project Generator.
* Support `in` operator for enums.
* Support typeof for generic type parameters.
* Replace gidlgen by vala-gen-introspect with a real C parser.
* Update all bindings to use vala-gen-introspect.
* Fix many gcc warnings.
* Fix build with Cygwin and MinGW (Yaakov Selkowitz).
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.1.4
==========
* Use .vapi as file extension for bindings.
* Add Vala Reference Manual.
* Add support for object initializers.
* Emit #line directives in debug mode.
* Add --basedir option.
* Support creation methods in structs.
* Add support for [Notify] attribute for properties.
* Add experimental support for registering new fundamental classed types.
* Improve support for non-GObject classes.
* Improve error reporting.
* Add vapicheck to verify generated bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
* Drop xml_pp dependency (Alberto Ruiz).
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.1.3
==========
* Convert reference-type structs to classes for a more consistent type system.
* Support `as` operator (Mathias Hasselmann).
* Improve array support.
* Experimental D-Bus client support.
* Add GConf bindings.
* Add libgnome and libgnomeui bindings.
* Add Glade bindings.
* Add libnotify bindings (Nicolas Christener, Roland Hostettler).
* Add GnomeVFS bindings.
* Add GtkSourceView bindings.
* Add Panel Applet bindings.
* Add GNOME Desktop Library bindings.
* Add libsoup bindings.
* Add libwnck bindings.
* Add GtkMozEmbed bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
* Add Poppler bindings (Alberto Ruiz).
* Add Enchant bindings (Mathias Hasselmann).
* Add Hildon bindings (Marcelo Lira).
* Add SQLite bindings.
* Add curses bindings (Ed Schouten).
* Build system fixes (Nicolas Trangez).
* Add manual pages for gidlgen and vapigen (Kumar Appaiah).
* Many bug fixes all over the place.
Vala 0.1.2
==========
* Use and support libgee collection library (internal copy for now).
* Performance improvements.
* Improve support for generic types.
* Many memory management fixes.
* Add support for inner classes.
* Add --cc and -X commandline options to control the C compiler.
* Use GSlice for reference-type structs.
* Add experimental GStreamer bindings.
Vala 0.1.1
==========
* Support simple exception handling.
* Improve array and string support.
* Support multi-dimensional arrays.
* Add --thread commandline option.
* Improve bindings.
* Bug fixes.
Vala 0.1.0
==========
* Add commandline options for running the C compiler and linker.
* Use # modifier for reference transfer in method parameters.
* Replace callback keyword by delegate.
* Improve and update GLib and GTK+ bindings.
* Add experimental GVFS binding.
* C89/MSVC portability fixes (Hans Breuer).
* Refactor code generator.
* Add experimental bindings generator.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.0.9
==========
* Add support for defining new generic classes.
* Improve array support.
* Memory management fixes.
* Improve abstract property support.
* Add basic support for flags types.
* Improve GLib binding.
* Add VTE binding.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.0.8
==========
* Add support for overridden properties.
* Support properties and signals in interfaces.
* Improve interface runtime suport.
* Verify that classes implement all abstract and interface methods.
* Basic compile-time support for generic types.
* Default to strong references for return values and local variables.
* Improve signal support.
* Add support for pointers.
* Improve support for numeric types.
* Support writing GTypeModule-based plug-ins.
* Improve manual memory management support.
* Improve GTK+ bindings.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.0.7
==========
* New object construction syntax.
* Interface implementations don't have to specify override anymore.
* Improve interface support.
Vala 0.0.6
==========
* Improve interface support.
* Support do loops.
* Improve array support.
* Improve enum support.
* Add automated testing infrastructure.
* Fixes for prefix and postfix operators.
* Add more types to GLib bindings.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.0.5
==========
* Support base access.
* Support typeof expressions.
* Improve array support.
* Fix possible memory leak in foreach statements.
* Fix many warnings during C compilation.
* Improve GTK+ bindings.
Vala 0.0.4
==========
* Support + operator in strings.
* Support unicode character literals.
* Add implicit conversions for numeric types.
* Improve interface support.
* Improve array support.
* Support arbitrary signal parameters.
* Add threading support.
* Support lock statements.
* Many improvements to the GTK+ bindings.
Vala 0.0.3
==========
* Interface fixes.
* Support namespace constants.
* Support switch statements.
* Array creation support.
* Provide complete but experimental bindings for GTK+ 2.10 and Cairo 1.2.
* Add implicit array length parameter.
* Follow package dependencies.
* Support hexadecimal and octal integer literals and hexadecimal escape
sequences.
* Install libvala as shared library.
Vala 0.0.2
==========
* Support named construction methods.
* Basic interface support.
* Improve error handling.
* Many bug fixes.
Vala 0.0.1
==========
* Initial release.
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