Re: [boost] Interest in non-intrusive signal/slot lib?

Subject: Re: [boost] Interest in non-intrusive signal/slot lib?
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-20 18:20:32

Edward Diener wrote:

> I understand that with Synapse you are merely making a call at a 
> convenient point in order to emit a signal, whereas with signals2 you need 
> to have a boost::signals2::signal object somewhere for the particular 
> signal triggering before you can emit a signal or have connections to 
> handle the signal. But in Synapse you also must have a signal emitter 
> which is accesible for the event handlers making the connection to the 
> event. This to me is equivalent to boost::signals2 having a signal object.

You can use an already existing object as the emitter, such as a HWND, or a 
third-party UI button object.