PyQt: Is signal / slot really working across threads?

Hello pyqt users,

i tried to use signal / slot across threads. With the following example I
want to emit a signal when the thread loop is entered. The connected slot
is never called. Why?

Any help is very welcome ...

Alexander

import time
import sys
import PyQt4
from PyQt4.QtCore import (QObject, QThread)
SIGNAL = PyQt4.QtCore.SIGNAL

class CancelableQtThread_(QThread):

def __init__(self):
QThread.__init__(self)
self.sigStarted = SIGNAL("sigStarted()")

def run(self):
print "Enter thread"
self.emit(self.sigStarted)
time.sleep(0.1)
print "Leave thread"

class TestSigSlot(QObject):

def __init__(self):
QObject.__init__(self)
self._thread = CancelableQtThread_()
self.connect(self._thread, self._thread.sigStarted, self.Called)
self._thread.start()

time.sleep(1.0)

def Called(self):
print "Called !"

if __name__ == "__main__":
obj = TestSigSlot()

On Tuesday 29 May 2007 11:58 am, Alexander Eisenhuth wrote:

>Hello pyqt users,

i tried to use signal / slot across threads. With the following example I
want to emit a signal when the thread loop is entered. The connected slot
is never called. Why?

Any help is very welcome ...

Alexander

import time
import sys
import PyQt4
from PyQt4.QtCore import (QObject, QThread)
SIGNAL = PyQt4.QtCore.SIGNAL

class CancelableQtThread_(QThread):

def __init__(self):
QThread.__init__(self)
self.sigStarted = SIGNAL("sigStarted()")

def run(self):
print "Enter thread"
self.emit(self.sigStarted)
time.sleep(0.1)
print "Leave thread"

class TestSigSlot(QObject):

def __init__(self):
QObject.__init__(self)
self._thread = CancelableQtThread_()
self.connect(self._thread, self._thread.sigStarted, self.Called)
self._thread.start()

time.sleep(1.0)

def Called(self):
print "Called !"

if __name__ == "__main__":
obj = TestSigSlot()

Signals across threads are implemented using the event loop. You don't have an
event loop running in your main thread - you don't even have a
QCoreApplication instance.

Phil