Re: [Gtk2hs-users] Types of attributes, signals and events

[Maurí­cio <bri...@ya...>]

>>> I tried reading gobject (from gtk+ site) documentation
>>> and it seems that signals and properties can be set
>>> independent of the type of what they are beeing applied
>>> to. So, if I try to connect to "clicked" on something
>>> that is not a button, my callback will just never be
>>> called.
>>
>> I would think one of the points of using Haskell in the first place  
>> is type safety....
>>
> 
> Well, and it's not true that you can connect any signal on any  
> widget. The signals are specific to a widget and any widget that is  
> derived from it. This constraint is enforced by the class context.
> 

What happens in Gtk+ if you try to connect to a signal
a class doesn't emit?

Maurício