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Diffstat (limited to 'gobject')
| -rw-r--r-- | gobject/gsignal.c | 8 |
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. |