[...]
Not what it says here https://wiki.gnome.org/Vala/Manual/Errors and
anything that can throw through C code can cause leaks since the C code
doesn't clean up.  Same as C++, you can't use exceptions mixed with C code.


Trust me, I generated lots of C code from Vala, when you throw an exception, in the CCode it throws on a GError out/result argument as you'd expect in C Code.

Yes, I understand how the "throws" are implemented in vala, but as I said, the existing C code isn't designed to handle that.

[...]

Yeah, but its a binary which includes Glib and GTK IIUC, so we have to
match those.  I agree its not much worse than we have now but its not very
comforting that the last binaries are 2011 vala version 0.12 when even LTS
Linux distros have 0.18.


We could compile own if we need to embeded release, otherwise using something like https://wiki.gnome.org/Vala/Win32CrossBuildSample or billions of other possibilities for creating cross-platform code as well as we do now.

Sure we *can* do anything, but "somebody" has to do it and maintain it.

[...]
 
Nope, I propose *new* Geany release will only work on *new* dependencies, which are release in *new* distros, which are using *non-deprecated* APIs.

So you want the extra work of backporting bugfixes, or just forget about older platforms?
 
[...]
Ok, so I'm saying "No".  Geany doesn't need another language and more
complexity, it needs to be properly designed and then progressed to that
design.  Using another language to do that is a detail only.


I don't believe you have ever learned or used Vala, so your "no" carries less weight.
[...]
Said the fellow who have never programmed a line of Vala code in his life and who likes a language like C++ which is basically the equivalent to Vala for C/Gobject based applictaions.

Ad hominem attacks have no place in this discussion list.



Is it fair to consider Lex to be a +/-1 for the sake of keeping discussions on-track?

I would have thought that "no" above was obvious.

To be clear, tinkering with what language is used to tack more bandages on to the current Geany design is a waste of time.  Choosing a better language to implement a better design might be worthwhile.

Cheers
Lex
 


Cheers,
Matthew Brush

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