Re: [Vala] How to get the result of signal when emitting it?

[Luca Bruno <lethalman88 gmail com>]

2011/10/18 Tal Hadad <tal_hd hotmail com>

> Is this possible to get the result(return) of signals handlers?
> Take for example some of Gtk signals. Sometimes the docs say something like
> that:
> ...
> return : FALSE for continue event further, TRUE otherwise.
>
> I wonder, is it possible in Vala? If not, I'll have to use a delegate
> property.

This is called "accumulator" in the gobject world, and unfortunately it's
lacking in Vala. If your concern is to stop an emission, you can use
stop_emission_by_name.
If you don't care about intermediate results, just call the signal like a
method and get the result.

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