Release 0.48.18

NEWS

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+Vala 0.48.18
+============
+ * Various improvements and bug fixes:
+  - codegen:
+    + GArray, GByteArray and GPtrArray are reference counted
+    + Replace wrongly hard coded usage of G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS
+    + Mark entry point method implementation "_vala_main" as static
+    + Improve check for GLib.Source derived classes
+  - vala: Parameter following params-array parameter is not allowed
+
+ * Bindings:
+  - Update GLib bindings to 2.66 - Sync GLib symbol additions with 0.50.9
+  - glib-2.0: Add missing has_typedef attributes on SourceFuncs delegates
+  - pango: Mark language parameter of AttrIterator.get_font() as out
+
+ * Various improvements and bug fixes:
+  - codegen:
+    + Apply gconstpointer to gpointer cast to GenericType only
+    + Fix access to captured generics in async method of interfaces (2)
+    + Use if-clause for is_in_destructor() condition to be more clear
+    + Add missing "_return" label and "_inner_error*_" declaration in dtors
+    + Don't use G_GNUC_INTERNAL on implicit type specific fields
+  - vala:
+    + length-type of arrays must not be nullable
+    + Report a warning for unhandled errors in destructors
+  - parser:
+    + Minor semantic checks to improve error messages
+    + Allow empty member-initializer and accept trailing comma
+    + Include INTERR token in source_reference of parsed types
+
 Vala 0.48.17
 ============
  * Regression and bug fixes:

doc/vala-gen-introspect.1

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-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "April 2021" "gen-introspect 0.48.17" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.3.
+.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "June 2021" "gen-introspect 0.48.18" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vala-gen-introspect \- generate a GI file for GObject and glib based packages
 .SH SYNOPSIS

doc/valac.1

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-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH VALAC "1" "April 2021" "Vala 0.48.17" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.3.
+.TH VALAC "1" "June 2021" "Vala 0.48.18" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valac \- compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files
 .SH SYNOPSIS

doc/valadoc.1

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-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH VALADOC "1" "April 2021" "Valadoc 0.48.17" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.3.
+.TH VALADOC "1" "June 2021" "Valadoc 0.48.18" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valadoc \- Vala Documentation Tool
 .SH SYNOPSIS

doc/vapigen.1

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-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.1.
-.TH VAPIGEN "1" "April 2021" "Vala API Generator 0.48.17" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.48.3.
+.TH VAPIGEN "1" "June 2021" "Vala API Generator 0.48.18" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vapigen \- generate a Vala API
 .SH SYNOPSIS