[PyKDE] Connect syntax.

[David Boddie]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:11:37, Sundance wrote: 
> I heard Phil Thompson said: 
> 
> > I have a policy of not (if at all possible) changing or "enhancing" 
> > the API. 
> 
> C++ Qt: 
> 
> SomeWidget::SomeWidget () { 
>   // ... 
>   connect (this,         SIGNAL("whatever()"),        // <-- look! 
>            otherWidget,  SLOT("blah()")); 
>   // ... 
> } 
 
Can't you achieve this by rebinding connect like you suggested before? 
 
  connect = QObject.connect 
  class MyWidget(QWidget): 
    ... 
 
> Keeping the same API as C++ Qt is in fact what I was suggesting. :) The 
> Qt API is /damn/ good. In this case as in others, I'd rather see the Qt 
> API adapted faithfully than bent slightly under one of Python's 
> idiosyncrasies. 
 
Maybe the harder part would be to get rid of the need to pass strings to the 
SIGNAL and SLOT PyQt functions. Personally, I don't mind that restriction. 
:-) 
 
> Point taken about making connect an instance method, however. 
 
Did I miss that part of the discussion? :-/ 
 
David 


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