[PyKDE] PyQt4: PyObject in SIGNAL

Giovanni Bajo rasky at develer.com
Fri Dec 1 11:04:03 GMT 2006


Mark Summerfield wrote:

>> what's the meaning of the string "PyObject" used within the signature of a
>> signal in PyQt4? I can't seem to find it in the PyQt4 documentation. If I
>> pass it a random python object I get core dumps and random crashes, so I
>> assume it's not really meant for that...
> 
> You can do Python-Python signals which Phil calls "short-circuit
> signals" in PyQt [...]

Yes, this is in fact documented. I guess these short-circuit signals are 
similar to the good old PYSIGNALs in PyQt3.

But this still does not answer my question: what does "PyObject" means in the 
signature of a signal?
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Giovanni Bajo
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