Re: [Vala] Signal disconnecting. Patch attempt.

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

On Don, 2007-03-15 at 23:38 -0300, Alexandre Moreira wrote:
> I am completely aware to the fact that I know pretty much nothing
> about the way Vala compiler works, but I tried what seemed to be an
> "easy-to-make-work" patch.
>
> I'm sure there is a lot of cases where this thing might break and the
> code is not well factored, but it suits my immediate needs. I just
> felt like uploading the patch for you guys, so you can see the idea
> and improve on it.
>
> The patch is to add the following syntax:
>
> object.signal -= somefunction;
>
> so one can disconnect from a signal.
>
> I only tested it in a very simple use case (which is the use case I'll
> use the most) : Disconnecting a method of the current object (self)
> from a signal.
>
> The patch itself is a very simple copy/paste with little modifications
> from the original += behavior.

Thanks for the patch, I've only had to change it to use
g_signal_handlers_disconnect_matched instead of
g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func as the latter disconnects all
signals with the same handler, disregarding the signal you specify. I've
committed it to SVN.

Jürg