Re: [Boost-users] connect boost::signals inside of a slot

From: Setzer, Sebastian (ext) (sebastian.setzer.ext_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-22 05:56:48

> > If you connect (disconnect) a new slot to a signal inside 
> of a slot of
> > the same signal, what happens?
> > - are the slots called which where connected before the signal was
> > called,
> > - or is new slot be called this time, too,
> > - or is the behaviour undefined?
> >
> > I didn't find anything on this subject in the manuals. Even if the
> > behaviour is undefined, that should be mentioned.
> 
> It is unspecified whether that slot will be called this time 
> or not.   
> The "Notes" sentence of the connect function is meant to 
> convey this,  
> but the wording is rather poor:
> 
> 	http://www.boost.org/doc/html/signalN.html#id2584315-bb
Thanks. The next time I'll look harder...sorry.

I assume there doesn't happen something evil (like if you use old
iterators of std::vector after appending something), it's just not
defined if the slot is called this time?

Sebastian