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authorPhilip Withnall <withnall@endlessm.com>2019-11-12 19:35:19 +0000
committerPhilip Withnall <withnall@endlessm.com>2019-11-15 11:06:14 +0000
commitb8eb6025f1ea1d92b94f21ec2e6f45c64782acb0 (patch)
tree1eaf2a1f2b39f7601f85324215c714d4f1f0109a /gobject
parent26970edc9fafad8efefa50f26d35e597bda540d7 (diff)
downloadglib-b8eb6025f1ea1d92b94f21ec2e6f45c64782acb0.tar.gz
gsignal: Tidy up signal naming documentation
Since signal names are the same as property names, reference between the two. Improve the formatting, and make it clearer that `_` is discouraged. Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <withnall@endlessm.com> Helps: #358
Diffstat (limited to 'gobject')
-rw-r--r--gobject/gsignal.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gobject/gsignal.c b/gobject/gsignal.c
index 76f889384..4a8996db1 100644
--- a/gobject/gsignal.c
+++ b/gobject/gsignal.c
@@ -1403,12 +1403,14 @@ g_signal_query (guint signal_id,
* Creates a new signal. (This is usually done in the class initializer.)
*
* A signal name consists of segments consisting of ASCII letters and
- * digits, separated by either the '-' or '_' character. The first
+ * digits, separated by either the `-` or `_` character. The first
* character of a signal name must be a letter. Names which violate these
- * rules lead to undefined behaviour of the GSignal system.
+ * rules lead to undefined behaviour. These are the same rules as for property
+ * naming (see g_param_spec_internal()).
*
* When registering a signal and looking up a signal, either separator can
- * be used, but they cannot be mixed.
+ * be used, but they cannot be mixed. Using `-` is considerably more efficient.
+ * Using `_` is discouraged.
*
* If 0 is used for @class_offset subclasses cannot override the class handler
* in their class_init method by doing super_class->signal_handler = my_signal_handler.