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Bug 599636 - Declaring string object fails
Declaring string object fails
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: vala
Classification: Core
Component: Genie
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal blocker
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Assigned To: Jamie McCracken
Vala maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-10-26 10:28 UTC by Barry Kauler
Modified: 2009-10-26 23:19 UTC
See Also:
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Description Barry Kauler 2009-10-26 10:28:13 UTC 
I am using vala from git, October 24, 2009.

This simple example used to compile:

init
       var s = new string
       s += "My name is Barry"
       print s

Try to compile, gives this error:

arrays.gs:2.10-2.19: error: `string' does not have a default constructor
       var s = new string
Comment 1 Barry Kauler 2009-10-26 23:19:33 UTC 
Ah, it was a bug in older versions of the Vala compiler. As reported to the mail-list:

>> >  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)
>

So, it can be closed.
Thanks for the help.