On 2006-04-26, nikie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Here is another non-pythonic question from the Java Developer. (I beg
>> for forgiveness...)
>>
>> Does Python have a mechanism for events/event-driven programming?
>>
>> I'm not necessarily talking about just GUIs either, I'm interested in
>> using events for other parts of an application as well.
>>
>> If there isn't some sort of event mechanism built into Python, where
>> might I find some information about implementing one?
>
> Maybe I got your question wrong, but why not simply use something like:
>
> class Sender:
> def __init__(self, event):
> self.event = event
>
> def raiseEvent(self):
> self.event("Event")
>
> class Receiver:
> def receiveEvent(self, msg):
> print "Received %r" % msg
>
> r = Receiver()
> s = Sender(r.receiveEvent)
> s.raiseEvent()
>
> You can pass around functions and bound methods, I always found that's
> often a really good substitute for full-blown event mechanisms.
Actually I'd say full-blown event mechanisms are a poor substitute for
passing around bound-methods :)
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