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47 <p>Slots are type-safe representations of callback methods and functions. <a href="#details">More...</a></p>
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51 <tr class="memitem:"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">class  </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classsigc_1_1slot__base.html">sigc::slot_base</a></td></tr>
52 <tr class="memdesc:"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Base type for slots. <a href="classsigc_1_1slot__base.html#details">More...</a><br/></td></tr>
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58 <tr class="memdesc:"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Converts an arbitrary functor to a unified type which is opaque. <a href="classsigc_1_1slot1.html#details">More...</a><br/></td></tr>
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79 <tr class="memdesc:"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Convenience wrapper for the numbered <a class="el" href="classsigc_1_1slot.html" title="Convenience wrapper for the numbered sigc::slot# templates.">sigc::slot</a># templates. <a href="classsigc_1_1slot.html#details">More...</a><br/></td></tr>
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82 <a name="details" id="details"></a><h2 class="groupheader">Detailed Description</h2>
83 <p>Slots are type-safe representations of callback methods and functions. </p>
84 <p>A Slot can be constructed from any function, regardless of whether it is a global function, a member method, static, or virtual.</p>
85 <p>Use the <a class="el" href="group__mem__fun.html#ga52244864d2f65f072678b682bfc9913f" title="Creates a functor of type sigc::mem_functor0 which wraps a method.">sigc::mem_fun()</a> and <a class="el" href="group__ptr__fun.html#ga9c80de72f656fb05e81fda622dddc863" title="Creates a functor of type sigc::pointer_functor0 which wraps an existing non-member function...">sigc::ptr_fun()</a> template functions to get a <a class="el" href="classsigc_1_1slot.html" title="Convenience wrapper for the numbered sigc::slot# templates.">sigc::slot</a>, like so:</p>
86 <div class="fragment"><div class="line"><a class="code" href="classsigc_1_1slot.html" title="Convenience wrapper for the numbered sigc::slot# templates.">sigc::slot<void, int></a> sl = <a class="code" href="group__mem__fun.html#ga52244864d2f65f072678b682bfc9913f" title="Creates a functor of type sigc::mem_functor0 which wraps a method.">sigc::mem_fun</a>(someobj,& SomeClass::somemethod);</div>
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88 <div class="fragment"><div class="line"><a class="code" href="classsigc_1_1slot.html" title="Convenience wrapper for the numbered sigc::slot# templates.">sigc::slot<void, int></a> sl = <a class="code" href="group__ptr__fun.html#ga9c80de72f656fb05e81fda622dddc863" title="Creates a functor of type sigc::pointer_functor0 which wraps an existing non-member function...">sigc::ptr_fun</a>(&somefunction);</div>
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90 <div class="fragment"><div class="line">m_Button.signal_clicked().connect( <a class="code" href="group__mem__fun.html#ga52244864d2f65f072678b682bfc9913f" title="Creates a functor of type sigc::mem_functor0 which wraps a method.">sigc::mem_fun</a>(*<span class="keyword">this</span>, &MyWindow::on_button_clicked) );</div>
91 </div><!-- fragment --><p>The compiler will complain if SomeClass::somemethod, etc. have the wrong signature.</p>
92 <p>You can also pass slots as method parameters where you might normally pass a function pointer. </p>
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