Re: Theory of good signal/event API design?

[Sander Marechal <s marechal jejik com>]

Robert Schwebel wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 06:28:56PM +0200, Sander Marechal wrote:
>> Is there some theory, guidelines, tutorials, whatever about
>> designing an event/message system, especially about what
>> events/messages/signals to add at which locations?
> 
> Wouldn't that be an application for dbus?

Maybe. I did a bit of reading and it looks like bdus was created for
communication between applications and for os->application
communication, not for passing messages around within a single application.

But dbus or not, it still leaves me with the question:  Is there any
theory/guidelines to determine when my application should send out
signals (instead of adding them ad-hoc on an as-needed basis as I do now).

Kind regards,

-- 
Sander Marechal