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 programming 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
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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:
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valac [OPTION?] FILE... - Vala Compiler
Help Options:
- -?, --help
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Show help options
Application Options:
- --vapidir=DIRECTORY...
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Look for package bindings in DIRECTORY
- --girdir=DIRECTORY...
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Look for .gir files in DIRECTORY
- --metadatadir=DIRECTORY...
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Look for GIR .metadata files in DIRECTORY
- --pkg=PACKAGE...
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Include binding for PACKAGE
- --vapi=FILE
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Output VAPI file name
- --library=NAME
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Library name
- --gir=NAME-VERSION.gir
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GObject-Introspection repository file name
- -b, --basedir=DIRECTORY
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Base source directory
- -d, --directory=DIRECTORY
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Change output directory from current working directory
- --version
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Display version number
- --api-version
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Display API version number
- -C, --ccode
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Output C code
- -H, --header=FILE
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Output C header file
- --use-header
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Use C header file
- --includedir=DIRECTORY
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Directory used to include the C header file
- -h, --internal-header=FILE
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Output internal C header file
- --internal-vapi=FILE
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Output vapi with internal api
- --fast-vapi
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Output vapi without performing symbol resolution
- --use-fast-vapi
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Use --fast-vapi output during this compile
- --vapi-comments
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Include comments in generated vapi
- --deps
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Write make-style dependency information to this file
- --symbols=FILE
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Output symbols file
- -c, --compile
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Compile but do not link
- -o, --output=FILE
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Place output in file FILE
- -g, --debug
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Produce debug information
- --thread
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Enable multithreading support
- --enable-mem-profiler
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Enable GLib memory profiler
- -D, --define=SYMBOL...
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Define SYMBOL
- --main=SYMBOL...
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Use SYMBOL as entry point
- --nostdpkg
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Do not include standard packages
- --disable-assert
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Disable assertions
- --enable-checking
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Enable additional run-time checks
- --enable-deprecated
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Enable deprecated features
- --hide-internal
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Hide symbols marked as internal
- --enable-experimental
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Enable experimental features
- --disable-warnings
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Disable warnings
- --fatal-warnings
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Treat warnings as fatal
- --disable-since-check
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Do not check whether used symbols exist in local packages
- --enable-experimental-non-null
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Enable experimental enhancements for non-null types
- --enable-gobject-tracing
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Enable GObject creation tracing
- --cc=COMMAND
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Use COMMAND as C compiler command
- -X, --Xcc=OPTION...
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Pass OPTION to the C compiler
- --pkg-config=COMMAND
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Use COMMAND as pkg-config command
- --dump-tree=FILE
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Write code tree to FILE
- --save-temps
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Keep temporary files
- --profile=PROFILE
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Use the given profile instead of the default
- -q, --quiet
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Do not print messages to the console
- -v, --verbose
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Print additional messages to the console
- --no-color
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Disable colored output
- --target-glib=MAJOR.MINOR
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Target version of glib for code generation
- --gresources=FILE...
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XML of gresources
- --enable-version-header
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Write vala build version in generated files
- --disable-version-header
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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 memory management, exception handling
AUTHORS
J??rg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.