call for advice (is dbus ok for me ?)

Avery Pennarun apenwarr at gmail.com
Mon Sep 15 22:04:00 PDT 2008


On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:51 AM, sfora dim <sfora.dim at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know why, I just don't like signals. maybe because of its UNIX
> heritage :)

That's a pretty dumb reason not to use them.  Unix signals are good too. :)

> Maybe I should let the client send the service a method name, and then
> the service will just method-call that service name as much as it
> desires. Please tell me if there's a flaw in that design..

You could do this; if your method doesn't send back an answer, then
it's a signal.  A dbus signal is essentially just a method that
doesn't reply.

Have fun,

Avery


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