Re: [Vala] Signals with the same name as a signal in a base type are not supported

[Adi Roiban <adi roiban ro>]

On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 07:38 -0500, Sandino Flores Moreno wrote:
> I think the real question is:
> Does GObject allow same signal redefinition?
>
> Personally, I don't think it's supported, but I don't really know.

Since signals are always something "abstract" and they don't require any
implementation, using the interface as a mixin, solved my problem.

This is the new code:

public interface IItem : GLib.Object {
    public signal void created(bool status);
}

public class GenericItem: GLib.Object, IItem {
}

GenericItem will have the created signal.


> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Adi Roiban <adi roiban ro> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have upgraded from vala 0.7.6 to 0.7.9 and now when I compile the same
> > code, i get this error:
> >
> > Signals with the same name as a signal in a base type are not supported
> >
> > The error is in GenericItem. Here is an excerpt from the code.
> >
> > public interface IItem : GLib.Object {
> >    public abstract signal void created(bool status);
> > }
> >
> > public class GenericItem: GLib.Object, IItem {
> >    public signal void created(bool status);
> > }
> >
> > I read all the release notes between version 0.7.6 to 0.7.9 and there
> > were no mentions about this behavior.
> > Is this a bug?
> >
> > Many thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Adi Roiban

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Adi Roiban