[PyQt] Strange behavior with new-style signals and slots

[michael h]

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> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:04:30 +0200
> From: Detlev Offenbach <detlev at die-offenbachs.de>
> To: pyqt at riverbankcomputing.com
> Subject: [PyQt] Strange behavior with new-style signals and slots
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> Hallo,
>
> I am observing a strange behavior related to new-style signal and slots.
> Here
> is the situation.
>
> My program calls this line twice in a class (via different code paths).
>
>
> self.project.projectPropertiesChanged.connect(self.__projectPropertiesChanged)
>
> The disconnect is only issued once when the class (the editor) is closed.
>
>
> self.project.projectPropertiesChanged.disconnect(self.__projectPropertiesChanged)
>
> If the signal is emitted thereafter, I get a RuntimeError saying, that the
> underlying C/C++ object has been destroyed. I suspect, that the Python
> wrapper
> for the Qt object (here it is a QScintilla object) is still kept alive by
> some
> reference counter (possibly caused by the double connection).
>
> Is this a bug in PyQt/sip or do I have to avoid such a situation? If the
> later
> is the case, is it possible to check, if a signal is already connected,
> e.g.
> something like
>
>
> self.project.projectPropertiesChanged.is_connected(self.__projectPropertiesChanged)
>
> Another consequence of the double connection is, that the slot is called
> twice
> when the signal is emitted.
>
> Regards,
> Detlev
> --
> Detlev Offenbach
> detlev at die-offenbachs.de
>
>
Detlev,

Perhaps you want to make use of Qt::UniqueConnection as the connection type.

Note that I believe this will only work correctly on a slot decorated with
pyqtSlot (or that was previously the case anyhow)

- MH
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