Re: little offtopic: multi-level signal handling

[Stefan Kost <kost imn htwk-leipzig de>]

hi hi,

solved it my self, properly destoying object releases the signal that are
attached to them and therefore the issue I described does not really exist

Stefan

Stefan Kost wrote:
> hi hi,
>
> how would one handle the following scenario properly in gtk?
>
> we have a gui that has multiple views. when the user changes data signals are
> emitted so that the other views can redraw.
> Problem is, that when a new file is loaded such signals would be triggered
> multiple times (because e.g. 20 items are added).
>
> I basically see two ways to handle it, which both look not so nice:
>
> #1 the loader code can set some flag (bulk-change) in objects that it changes.
> this flag is checked before emitting signals
>
> #2 the gui code can set a flag before invoking an action that does bulk-changes
> and then signal-handlers ignore the signals when the flag is set
>
> Hope it is understandable.
>
> Ciao
>   Stefan
>
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