python - using a signal not in introspection

[Thiago Macieira]

Havoc Pennington wrote:
>I did just think of a race with the client-side tracking approach:
>
>  AddMatch for first owner
>  new owner takes over
>  NameOwnerChanged emitted by bus
>  new owner emits signal
>  Signal dispatched by bus
>  Receive NameOwnerChanged with new owner
>  AddMatch for second owner

Don't use AddMatch for the first owner. Instead, use AddMatch for the name 
you're watching. The daemon handles that gracefully.

You still need to store the owner information somewhere in the client in 
order to match the incoming message (sender contains the owner).

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