Re: [Vala] vala-list Digest, Vol 61, Issue 7

[JM <interflug1 gmx net>]

Overriding a signal or making it virtual does not really make sense,
does it?
A signal does not have a body, as a function would have and signature is
always the same, even in child classes.


Also your example seems weird, as you have bodys for signals.

Regards


Am Sonntag, den 16.12.2012, 17:41 +0100 schrieb Nadir Sampaoli:
> Have you tried including signal modifier in overridden method too? This way:
>
>     public class A : GLib.Object {
>       public virtual signal void func () {}
>     }
>
>
>     public class B : A {
>       public override signal void func () {}
>     }
>
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> >    1. Defining new virtual signal is possible,  but overring it
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> > Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:00:24 +0200
> > From: Tal Hadad <tal_hd hotmail com>
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> > Subject: [Vala] Defining new virtual signal is possible,        but
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> >         it isn't.
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> > When I try to:
> > public class A : GLib.Object {
> >   public virtual signal void func () {}
> > }
> >
> >
> > public class B : A {
> >
> >   public override void func () {}
> >
> > }
> >
> > I get an error from Valac:
> > error: B.func: no suitable method found to override
> >
> > I'm using Vala 0.16.1
> >
> > I think that this is a critical bug in Vala, or my code is wrong?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tal
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