<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Graham Cobb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:g%2B770@cobb.uk.net">g+770@cobb.uk.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Monday 05 October 2009 14:11:20 Thomas Perl wrote:<br>
> Also, I have been thinking of implementing relevant parts of the code<br>
> in Vala (and then either compiling the vala code to C source code for<br>
> the library or build-depending on Vala, if this is okay with you) - makes<br>
> it easier to write code more quickly and avoids some mistakes when<br>
> trying to write GObject code directly in C (at least that's my opinion ;).<br>
<br>
</div>I am not keen. I have not seen any Vala autogenerated C code so feel free to<br>
correct any wrong assumptions but I really would like to get the widget into<br>
Hildon, which means it will have to conform to Hildon coding guidelines.<br>
<br>
Also, I would like to be able to port the code to other platforms (including<br>
earlier versions of Maemo) which may not have Vala available or in other<br>
projects where Vala code is not allowed. I assume that porting is going to<br>
be easier if we are not trying to port auto-generated C code.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> This does not mean that we should the whole code in Vala, but as<br>
> Vala can compile directly into C code with support for proper GObjects,<br>
> it seems to be a nice way to do at least some parts of the library, right?<br>
<br>
</div>Our first priority is to get an implementation of the widget available and if<br>
you are volunteering to do it, but only in Vala, I would certainly not want<br>
to stop you! However, I would prefer to see that limited to prototyping and<br>
for someone to re-implement any Vala code in C, written in conformance with<br>
Hildon requirements and intended to be maintained in C.<br>
<br>
I would not want HildonExtras to be less portable than Hildon itself. Unless<br>
Vala is already a dependency for building Hildon I would prefer it not to be<br>
a dependency for building HildonExtras.<br></blockquote><div><br><br>seconded. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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