# Changelog

## 0.7.1 / 2014-01-17

* Handle method setup for methods with unsafe names (i.e., g_iconv())
* Add override for GLib::IConv.open

# Changelog

## 0.7.0 / 2014-01-11

* Type handling:
  * Handle c arrays with separate length argument for signals
  * Handle GHashTable values of type :gint8 and :guint32
  * Handle signals with int64, Strv, uint64 arguments
  * Handle arrays of integers cast as pointers
  * Handle fields of callback type
  * Handle nested GHashTable
* Argument handling:
  * Refactor argument builder system
  * Improve handling of user data arguments
  * Handle signal and callback arguments with direction :out
  * Handle aliases of container types by making the element type optional
  * Handle signal and callback return values that need conversion
* User defined types:
  * Pass explicit receiver to initialization block for UserDefinedTypeInfo
  * Allow user defined types that are anonymous Ruby classes
  * Register defined properties in a subclass
  * Support setting virtual function implementations in a subclass
  * Support adding an interface to a subclass
  * Support implementing an interface's virtual functions in a subclass 
* Use FFI's DataConvertor system to handle enums and callbacks
* Stop using deprecated GValueArray to construct argument array for signal_emit
* Make ITypeInfo#g_type return correct value for c arrays
* Make get_property and set_property less smart, moving conversion into the
  property accessor definitions
* Make GObject::Value#get_value handle enums and flags
* Clean up deprecated methods

## 0.6.7 / 2013-09-28

* Uniform handling of callback, signal and method arguments
* Automatically convert array elements to GValue
* Support inline array fields
* Support struct fields
* Improved field setters and getters
* Support many more types of properties
* Support skipped arguments and return values
* Fix refcount for the result of IBaseInfo#container
* Check bounds in GLib::PtrArray#index and GLib::Array#index
* Deprecate several methods
* Lots of refactoring

## 0.6.6 / 2013-08-05

* Handle GArrays of booleans and structs
* Improve handling of gbooleans

## 0.6.5 / 2013-08-03

* Handle inline arrays of structs
* Implement equality operator for container types
* Fix element size calculation for GArray

## 0.6.4 / 2013-06-30

* Represent enum types by modules wrapping FFI::Enum
* Support functions on enums
* Handle zero-terminated arrays of types other than int32
* Add override for GLib::Variant#get_string
* Handle non-throwing arguments and return values of type GError
* Handle arguments and return values of type GPtrArray
* Handle caller-allocated arguments of type GArray
* Deprecate GObject::Value#ruby_value, replacing it with #get_value

## 0.6.3 / 2013-06-15

* Make use of enums as element type for GHashTable and other containers
work

## 0.6.2 / 2013-06-14

* Handle introspectable types with introspectable parent types

## 0.6.1 / 2013-06-09

* Handle SizedArray containing enums

## 0.6.0 / 2013-06-07

* Support Rubinius
* Lots of refactoring

## 0.5.2 / 2013-04-23

* Handle signal details in GObject.signal_connect and .signal_emit
* Make GValue#set_value check object GType compatibility
* Eliminate GObject::Helper module
* Handle more argument types
* Support Ruby 2.0.0

## 0.5.1 / 2013-02-01

* Properly handle zero-terminated arrays of :filename
* Loosen dependencies on ffi and minitest

## 0.5.0 / 2013-01-19

* Update ffi dependency
* Add finalizer to release memory for IBaseInfo and descendents
* Remove deprecated methods
* Remove pretty-printing functionality
* Refactor argument handling

## 0.4.3 / 2012-11-02

* Remove gobject-introspection version check
* Make tests pass with gobject-introspection 1.34
* Ongoing refactoring

## 0.4.2 / 2012-09-22

* Make objects and interfaces wrap poiners in the class that matches
their GType.

## 0.4.1 / 2012-09-18

* Remove workarounds for older versions of gobject-introspection
* Mark certain methods as deprecated. These will be removed in 0.5.0
* Handle :filename type arguments in InPointer
* Refactoring

## 0.4.0 / 2012-08-24

* Move Gtk+ bindings to their own gem (gir_ffi-gtk).

## 0.3.2 / 2012-08-24

* Correctly set FFI return type when callbacks that return GObjects have
incomplete type specification.

## 0.3.1 / 2012-05-13

* Correctly map Interface types in callbacks.

## 0.3.0 / 2012-04-09

* Improve process of defining initializers in derived classes.
* Make interfaces know their GType.
* Make classes created by the Unintrospectable builder know their GType.
* Create property accessors instead of field accessors for GObjects.
* Add Ruby-style getter and setter methods (by Antonio Terceiro).
* Add #signal_connect instance method (by Antonio Terceiro).
* Make GirFFI's tests pass with gobject-introspection 0.10.
* Improve unintrospectable type handling.
* Bug fixes and refactorings.
* Start implementing #define_type, for creating descendent types that
the GObject system knows about.

## 0.2.3 / 2011-12-31

* Fix issue #7: methods that take GValues will autoconvert other values.
* Fix method lookup when include'ing a module that is an Interface.
* Various refactorings.

## 0.2.2 / 2011-12-07

* Fix issue #19: Check if a GLib::PtrArray.add method was generated
before attempting to remove it.
* Fix two issues with pretty printing that made output for GLib have syntax
errors.

## 0.2.1 / 2011-11-20

* Fix handling of output parameters that are arrays of pointers to
structures (i.e., of type Foo***).

## 0.2.0 / 2011-11-19

* Add support for properties, with #get_property and #set_property.
* Add support for fields.
- Create field accessor methods.
- Get rid of #[] and #[]=.
* Explicitely load libgirepository with ABI version 1.
* Improve implementation of GLib container classes (GList etc.):
- Real constructors.
- #append and friends are instance methods now.
- Conversion methods to cast Ruby containers to GLib containers.
* Start implementing pretty printing.
* Various refactorings.

## 0.1.0 / 2011-10-28

* Put bindings for GObjectIntrospection in their own namespace.
* GirFFI.setup no longer loads overrides.
* Add ffi-gtk2 and ffi-gtk3 files for loading Gtk+ overrides.

## 0.0.14 / 2011-10-28

* Support GObject Introspection version 1.30:
- Add support for layouts with fixed-length arrays.
- Handle type names starting with underscores.
- Call g_signal_emitv directly to avoid conflict in introspection info
  with earlier versions of GObject Introspection.

## 0.0.13 / 2011-09-09

* Remove IErrorDomain related code. This functinality was removed from
GObject Introspection in version 1.29.17

## 0.0.12 / 2011-09-04

* No longer use `_id2ref` to locate objects past as user data pointers.
* Fix failing tests on JRuby.

## 0.0.11 / 2011-08-22

* Change interface to the underlying builder in generated modules and
classes.
* Handle string, enum, union, flags signal arguments.
* Handle string arguments in GObject.signal_emit.
* Handle enum signal arguments.
* Fix finding signals in non-introspectable types.
* Fix method setup in non-introspectable types.
* Refactoring.

## 0.0.10 / 2011-05-18

* Handle GObject interfaces properly.
* Create types only defined by the GType system.
* Support GType array return values.

## 0.0.9 / 2011-05-02

* More complete support for the basic types.
* Improved support for GList, GSList, GStrv, and GValue.
* Add support for GHashTable, GVariant, GByteArray, and GArray.
* Generate constants.
* When setting up a module, set up its dependencies as well.
* Test against the GIMarshallingTests test namespace.
* Use minitest/spec for testing.
* Various bug fixes and internal improvements.

## 0.0.8 / 2011-04-08

* Generate modules with names starting with a lowercase letter (like
cairo).
* Allow specifying the typelib version on setup.
* Rename methods #methods and #type of the introspection classes to avoid
clashing with standard Ruby methods.
* Refactoring.

## 0.0.7 / 2011-04-01

* Support gobject-introspection 0.10, drop support for earlier versions.
- Use Regress, not Everything, for testing.
- Deal with functions that are no longer introspectable.
* Correctly handle constructors that declare their return type different
from their class.
* Implement RubyClosure, a GObject::Closure for handling ruby callbacks.
* Handle GLib's singly and doubly linked lists.
* Handle callback types defined in-place (like Closure's marshal).
* Refactoring.

## 0.0.6 / 2011-03-01

* Cast returned GObjects to their actual type.
* Properly cast callback arguments.
* Handle the case where functions formally return interfaces.
* Make sure Gtk::Window has the correct number of references after creation.
* Refactoring and some small fixes.

## 0.0.5 / 2010-12-30

* Don't create instance methods out of functions and vice versa.
* Find signals on interfaces, too.
* Implement tests for most of Everything.
* Correctly handle array + size arguments.
* Handle most other argument types.
* Various internal changes and other fixes.

## 0.0.4 / 2010-12-14

* Lots of changes to the internals.
* Handle out-only arguments.
* Make use of callbacks from other namespaces work.
* Handle virtual methods where the invoker method has a different name.
* Implement usable signal_connect and signal_emit.
* Sink floating references when creating a GObject.
* Implement Union type.
* Many small bug fixes.

## 0.0.3 / 2010-11-19

* Update to restore Ruby 1.9 support.
* Handle functions with the 'throws' property set.
* Handle classes without specified fields.

## 0.0.2 / 2010-11-14

* Several fixes to method creation.

## 0.0.1 / 2010-10-25

* Initial release.