[PyQt] [PyQt3] signal sender() and self.name() issues

[Hans-Peter Jansen]

Am Sonntag, 16. September 2007 23:24 schrieb Phil Thompson:
> On Sunday 16 September 2007, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
> > Hi *,
> >
> > I stumbled upon some strange effects with signal sender() and
> > self.name() properties in PyQt3. 

[...]

> > The sender resolves to an empty string and empty type inside the text
> > edit:
> >
> > unnamed ready [(None, 'catcher')]
> > emitter added
> > timer added
> >  (): counter 1 catched
> >  (): timer catched
> >  (): counter 2 catched
> >  (): timer catched
> >  (): counter 3 catched
> >
> > while it resolves either to some QTimer objects for both signals (the
> > python and Qt one) in the no arg case on the console:
> >
> > <qt.QTimer object at 0xb679502c> <class 'qt.QTimer'>
> > <qt.QTimer object at 0xb679505c> <class 'qt.QTimer'>
> > <qt.QTimer object at 0xb679502c> <class 'qt.QTimer'>
> > <qt.QTimer object at 0xb679505c> <class 'qt.QTimer'>

Urgh, since the QTextEdit was set to QTextEdit.LogText, it tried to 
interpret the types, and failing that, removed them completely :-(. 

[...]

> > Distribution: openSUSE 10.2, consisting of:
> > Python version: 2.5
> > sip version: 4.2.1
> > Qt version: 3.3.7
> > PyQt version: 3.14.1
> >
> > Could somebody in this kind audience shed some light on these issues,
> > please? (or is this simply due to the dusty versions..)
>
> Dusty versions - I think.

Confirmed. After updating to:
sip version: 4.7
Qt version: 3.3.7
PyQt version: 3.17.3
all is well again.

> Phil

Thanks a lot,
  Pete