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authorSimon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@digia.com>2014-01-03 14:29:41 +0100
committerSimon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@digia.com>2014-01-03 14:30:21 +0100
commitb5ab7ee0d78a30863e3d11bd2ba10ba5f4854bf5 (patch)
treed4ab3471f9f92e153fe320e0435a5740c794746b /src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc
parentad9554a7f2d4b8a2af3efabc7bc69b9a0ae3751d (diff)
parentaff3e3c4a20aae52fdafaede8dfcbde2bc990104 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/stable' into dev
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@@ -509,15 +509,14 @@
delivery at a later time.
\value AutoConnection
- (default) If the signal is emitted from a different thread than the
- receiving object, the signal is queued, behaving as
- Qt::QueuedConnection. Otherwise, the slot is invoked directly,
- behaving as Qt::DirectConnection. The type of connection is
+ \b (Default) If the receiver \l{QObject#Thread Affinity}{lives in} the
+ thread that emits the signal, Qt::DirectConnection is used. Otherwise,
+ Qt::QueuedConnection is used. The connection type is
determined when the signal is emitted.
\value DirectConnection
- The slot is invoked immediately, when the signal is
- emitted.
+ The slot is invoked immediately when the signal is
+ emitted. The slot is executed in the signalling thread.
\value QueuedConnection
The slot is invoked when control returns to the event loop
@@ -525,11 +524,10 @@
receiver's thread.
\value BlockingQueuedConnection
- Same as QueuedConnection, except the current thread blocks
- until the slot returns. This connection type should only be
- used where the emitter and receiver are in different
- threads. \note Violating this rule can cause your
- application to deadlock.
+ Same as Qt::QueuedConnection, except that the signalling thread blocks
+ until the slot returns. This connection must \e not be used if the
+ receiver lives in the signalling thread, or else the application
+ will deadlock.
\value UniqueConnection
This is a flag that can be combined with any one of the above