Are any GUI libs going to make use of signals/slots?

[Craig Black]

"Lutger" <lutger.blijdestijn at gmail.com> wrote in message
news:elft0s$1flt$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
> Craig Black Wrote:
>
> >
> > "Chris Miller" <chris at dprogramming.com> wrote in message
> > news:op.tj42pfdcpo9bzi at tanu...
> > > On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:54:19 -0500, Craig Black <cblack at ara.com>
wrote:
> > >
> > >> So you are satisfied with the functionality you have with your
current
> > >> design.  OK.  As far as the example that you cited, this seems to be
a
> > >> specific case.  In this case, would it not be a simple matter to
> > >> maintain a
> > >> reference to the object that you don't want to be deallocated?
> > >>
> > >
> > > But I told the timer to by registering a callback.. *shrug*
> > >
> > > I guess if majority of people prefer std.signals I'd switch; I might
put
> > > up a poll on the DFL forum.
> >
> > I'm not saying you should switch.  It's just worth considering, that's
all.
> > If you feel that your current design is better, then no problem.
> >
> > However, slots and signals are widely used in C++ without language
support.
> > With language support this approach is all the more attractive  It would
be
> > nice if all GUI libraries written in D used a standard communication
> > mechanism.  Perhaps we could even work toward some sort of
interoperability.
> >
> > -Craig
> >
>
> But isn't the beauty of signals in D that slots are plain delegates that
'just work'. There is already interoperability in this way. Except for
acting as a weak reference, signals are the same as arrays of delegates.
> Or have I missed your point?

It's just frustrating to that there are so many GUI libs for D, but most are
not very complete.  Walter tried to remedy this by standardizing on DWT, but
it didn't seem to work.  If GUI libs were interoperable, that is, if a
widget from one lib could plug into a widget from another, then all library
maintainers could work together and share a common code base.

As it is, everybody is doing their own thing.  That's not to be critical of
their work.  They're doing more good than I am.  But if everyone used a
common approach, perhaps some common abstract classes, then each contributor
could contribute to a common GUI library.

Anyway, since signals are part of phobos now, it only seems logical that
this could be a common standard.

-Craig