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NAME

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

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

13       Vala  is  a  new  programming  language  that  aims  to  bring   modern
14       programming  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  GObject
20       type  system  to  create  classes  and  interfaces declared in the Vala
21       source code. It's also planned to generate  GIDL  files  when  gobject-
22       introspection is ready.
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OPTIONS

25       ---help
26              Show help options
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28       ---vapidir=DIRECTORY...
29              Look for package bindings in DIRECTORY
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31       ---pkg=PACKAGE...
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34       ---library=NAME
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37       --d, --directory=DIRECTORY
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40       ---version
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FEATURES

44       Interfaces,  Properties,  Signals,  Foreach,  Lambda  expressions, Type
45       inference for local variables, Assisted memory management
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PLANNED OR PARTIAL

48       Generics, Non-null types, Exception handling
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HOMEPAGE AND BUG REPORT

51       http://live.gnome.org/Vala
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AUTHORS

54       Jurg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.
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56       Man page written to conform with Debian by Marc-Andre Lureau.
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