Re: [gtk-list] why are signals strings instead of integer constants?

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Wed, 27 May 1998 nuke@bayside.net wrote:

> i saw this question posted a while back, but i don't think it was ever
> replied to. i've been wondering this myself :)

Because it's more flexible.

Internally, signals are represented as numbers to speed up signal
emissions and such, but stuff that humans can read (i.e. character
strings) is so much easier to deal with, and infinitely more flexible ;-)

-- Elliot
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