On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 06:07:19PM +0100, Tommaso Cucinotta wrote: > Hi all,
Hi Tommaso. > if I remember well, there has been a significant decrease in the > use of boost::signal variables, in trunk w.r.t. previous revisions. I even believe this was intentional. > Just as an example, now we have a Buffer::changed() method that > uses a WorkArea pointer (wa_) in the Buffer::pimpl object, in order > to call redrawAll() and trigger a redraw. > > Isn't it better to have a signal defined in the Buffer public interface, > where interested listeners can register (e.g. GuiWorkArea) ? Yes, that would indeed be nice. But boost::signal is prohibitively expensive to have in a widely used header like Buffer.h and Qt's signals are not considered politically correct. So there's actually not much choice. Andre'
