Re: [Vala] How to connect to signal if there's a property with the same name?

[Al Thomas <astavale yahoo co uk>]

> From: "marcin saepia net" <marcin saepia net>

> Sent: Thursday, 10 December 2015, 11:51
> Subject: [Vala] How to connect to signal if there's a property with the same  name?
>
> I need to connect to "closed" signal of GDBusConnection, but because 
> there
> is a property with the same name, valac refuses to compile and throws the
> following error
>
> src/common/daemon/base.vala:63.11-63.35: error: The name `connect' does not
> exist in the context of `bool'
>           connection.closed.connect(on_dbus_connection_closed);
>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> How can I overcome this?


Rename your property as 'is_closed', e.g. 

if ( connection.is_closed ) { }

Otherwise I don't know.

Al