valac-0.36 - compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files
valac [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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NAME
valac - compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and
header files
SYNOPSIS
valac [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Vala is a programming language that aims to bring modern pro-
gramming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any
additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI
compared to applications and libraries written in C.
valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates
Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the
GObject type system to create classes and interfaces declared in
the Vala source code.
Usage:
valac [OPTION?] FILE... - Vala Compiler
Help Options:
-?, --help
Show help options
Application Options:
--vapidir=DIRECTORY...
Look for package bindings in DIRECTORY
--girdir=DIRECTORY...
Look for .gir files in DIRECTORY
--metadatadir=DIRECTORY...
Look for GIR .metadata files in DIRECTORY
--pkg=PACKAGE...
Include binding for PACKAGE
--vapi=FILE
Output VAPI file name
--library=NAME
Library name
--shared-library=NAME
Shared library name used in generated gir
--gir=NAME-VERSION.gir
GObject-Introspection repository file name
-b, --basedir=DIRECTORY
Base source directory
-d, --directory=DIRECTORY
Change output directory from current working directory
--version
Display version number
--api-version
Display API version number
-C, --ccode
Output C code
-H, --header=FILE
Output C header file
--use-header
Use C header file
--includedir=DIRECTORY
Directory used to include the C header file
-h, --internal-header=FILE
Output internal C header file
--internal-vapi=FILE
Output vapi with internal api
--fast-vapi
Output vapi without performing symbol resolution
--use-fast-vapi
Use --fast-vapi output during this compile
--vapi-comments
Include comments in generated vapi
--deps Write make-style dependency information to this file
--symbols=FILE
Output symbols file
-c, --compile
Compile but do not link
-o, --output=FILE
Place output in file FILE
-g, --debug
Produce debug information
--thread
Enable multithreading support (DEPRECATED AND IGNORED)
--enable-mem-profiler
Enable GLib memory profiler
-D, --define=SYMBOL...
Define SYMBOL
--main=SYMBOL...
Use SYMBOL as entry point
--nostdpkg
Do not include standard packages
--disable-assert
Disable assertions
--enable-checking
Enable additional run-time checks
--enable-deprecated
Enable deprecated features
--hide-internal
Hide symbols marked as internal
--enable-experimental
Enable experimental features
--disable-warnings
Disable warnings
--fatal-warnings
Treat warnings as fatal
--disable-since-check
Do not check whether used symbols exist in local packages
--enable-experimental-non-null
Enable experimental enhancements for non-null types
--enable-gobject-tracing
Enable GObject creation tracing
--cc=COMMAND
Use COMMAND as C compiler command
-X, --Xcc=OPTION...
Pass OPTION to the C compiler
--pkg-config=COMMAND
Use COMMAND as pkg-config command
--dump-tree=FILE
Write code tree to FILE
--save-temps
Keep temporary files
--profile=PROFILE
Use the given profile instead of the default
-q, --quiet
Do not print messages to the console
-v, --verbose
Print additional messages to the console
--no-color
Disable colored output
--target-glib=MAJOR.MINOR
Target version of glib for code generation
--gresources=FILE...
XML of gresources
--enable-version-header
Write vala build version in generated files
--disable-version-header
Do not write vala build version in generated files
BUGS
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=browse.html&product=vala
HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala
FEATURES
Interfaces, properties, signals, foreach, lambda expressions, type
inference for local variables, generics, non-null types, assisted mem-
ory management, exception handling
AUTHORS
J??rg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-----------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Availability | developer/vala |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through volatile |
+---------------+-----------------------+
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://down-
load.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.36/vala-0.36.0.tar.xz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala.
valac 0.36.0 March 2017 VALAC(1)