Added other features: assertions & contract programming & error handling

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Milo Gilad 2017-08-26 11:11:22 -04:00
parent 07431ea0d2
commit 374ce84fe9

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@ -425,7 +425,38 @@ class Computer<OperatingSystem> : GLib.Object {
var new_computer = new Computer<Linux>();
/* Other Features */
// Assertions: crash if a statement is not true (at runtime)
bool is_true = true;
assert(is_true);
// Contract Programming
int contract_demo(int arg1, int arg2) {
requires(arg1 > 0 && arg1 < 10) // Notice the lack of semicolon
requires(arg2 >= 12)
ensures(result >= 0)
}
// Error Handling
void error_demo(int int_ex) throws GError {
if (int_ex != 1) {
throw new GError("TEST MESSAGE");
}
}
void error_demo2() {
try {
error_demo(0);
} catch (GError ge) {
stdout.printf("%s\n", ge.message);
}
}
```
* More Vala documentation can be found [here](https://valadoc.org/).
* [Alternate construction syntax](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/Tutorial#GObject-Style_Construction) similar to GObject
* More on contract programming [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_programming)
* Read about building GUIs with GTK+ and Vala [here](http://archive.is/7C7bw).