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NAME

6       valac  -  compiler  that  translates Vala source code into C source and
7       header files
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SYNOPSIS

10       valac [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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DESCRIPTION

13       Vala  is  a  programming  language  that  aims  to  bring  modern  pro‐
14       gramming  language  features  to  GNOME developers without imposing any
15       additional  runtime requirements  and  without using  a different   ABI
16       compared to applications and libraries written in C.
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18       valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates
19              Vala  source  code  into  C source and header files. It uses the
20              GObject type system to create classes and interfaces declared in
21              the Vala source code.
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23   Usage:
24              valac [OPTION?] FILE... - Vala Compiler
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26   Help Options:
27       -?, --help
28              Show help options
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30   Application Options:
31       --vapidir=DIRECTORY...
32              Look for package bindings in DIRECTORY
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34       --girdir=DIRECTORY...
35              Look for .gir files in DIRECTORY
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37       --metadatadir=DIRECTORY...
38              Look for GIR .metadata files in DIRECTORY
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40       --pkg=PACKAGE...
41              Include binding for PACKAGE
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43       --vapi=FILE
44              Output VAPI file name
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46       --library=NAME
47              Library name
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49       --shared-library=NAME
50              Shared library name used in generated gir
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52       --gir=NAME-VERSION.gir
53              GObject-Introspection repository file name
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55       -b, --basedir=DIRECTORY
56              Base source directory
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58       -d, --directory=DIRECTORY
59              Change output directory from current working directory
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61       --version
62              Display version number
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64       --api-version
65              Display API version number
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67       -C, --ccode
68              Output C code
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70       -H, --header=FILE
71              Output C header file
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73       --use-header
74              Use C header file
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76       --includedir=DIRECTORY
77              Directory used to include the C header file
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79       -h, --internal-header=FILE
80              Output internal C header file
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82       --internal-vapi=FILE
83              Output vapi with internal api
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85       --fast-vapi
86              Output vapi without performing symbol resolution
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88       --use-fast-vapi
89              Use --fast-vapi output during this compile
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91       --vapi-comments
92              Include comments in generated vapi
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94       --deps Write make-style dependency information to this file
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96       --symbols=FILE
97              Output symbols file
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99       -c, --compile
100              Compile but do not link
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102       -o, --output=FILE
103              Place output in file FILE
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105       -g, --debug
106              Produce debug information
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108       --thread
109              Enable multithreading support (DEPRECATED AND IGNORED)
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111       --enable-mem-profiler
112              Enable GLib memory profiler
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114       -D, --define=SYMBOL...
115              Define SYMBOL
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117       --main=SYMBOL...
118              Use SYMBOL as entry point
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120       --nostdpkg
121              Do not include standard packages
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123       --disable-assert
124              Disable assertions
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126       --enable-checking
127              Enable additional run-time checks
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129       --enable-deprecated
130              Enable deprecated features
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132       --hide-internal
133              Hide symbols marked as internal
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135       --enable-experimental
136              Enable experimental features
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138       --disable-warnings
139              Disable warnings
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141       --fatal-warnings
142              Treat warnings as fatal
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144       --disable-since-check
145              Do not check whether used symbols exist in local packages
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147       --enable-experimental-non-null
148              Enable experimental enhancements for non-null types
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150       --enable-gobject-tracing
151              Enable GObject creation tracing
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153       --cc=COMMAND
154              Use COMMAND as C compiler command
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156       -X, --Xcc=OPTION...
157              Pass OPTION to the C compiler
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159       --pkg-config=COMMAND
160              Use COMMAND as pkg-config command
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162       --dump-tree=FILE
163              Write code tree to FILE
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165       --save-temps
166              Keep temporary files
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168       --profile=PROFILE
169              Use the given profile instead of the default
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171       -q, --quiet
172              Do not print messages to the console
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174       -v, --verbose
175              Print additional messages to the console
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177       --no-color
178              Disable colored output, alias for --color=never
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180       --color=WHEN
181              Enable color output, options are 'always', 'never', or 'auto'
182              When  no  value is given always is implied. When neither --color
183              or --no-color are declared then --color=auto is used where  out‐
184              put is colored when stderr is a terminal.
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186       --target-glib=MAJOR.MINOR
187              Target version of glib for code generation
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189       --gresources=FILE...
190              XML of gresources
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192       --gresourcesdir=DIRECTORY...
193              Look for resources in DIRECTORY
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195       --enable-version-header
196              Write vala build version in generated files
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198       --disable-version-header
199              Do not write vala build version in generated files
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201       --run-args
202              Arguments passed to directly compiled executeable
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204       --abi-stability
205              Enable support for ABI stability
206              This  changes  the current behaviour to output public members of
207              classes and interfaces the same order as  they  appear  in  Vala
208              source.   For libraries is recommended to use --abi-stability to
209              ensure the maintainability of the resulting  Application  Binary
210              Interface  (ABI).   This option is disabled by default for back‐
211              ward  compatibility  because  it  can  break  ABI  of   existing
212              projects.
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BUGS

215       https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues
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HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT

218       https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala
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FEATURES

221       Interfaces,  properties,  signals,  foreach,  lambda  expressions, type
222       inference for local variables, generics, non-null types, assisted  mem‐
223       ory management, exception handling
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AUTHORS

226       J??rg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.
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230valac 0.44.3                      April 2019                          VALAC(1)