Thread.started signal - can it be edited to pass a variable?

[Igor86]

Hello,

i used the signal the thread emits when it started to connect it to a function like this:

    self.thread.started.connect(self.worker.run)

now, i would need to pass a variable to run(). its my understanding that this should be done with the signal, but started is a preexisting signal. How am I supposed to do this?

is there a way to edit/overwrite the started signal?
should this started signal start a intermediate function that starts a new signal that has the structure I need?

what is the proper way of doing it?

Thank you!

[jsulm]

@Igor86 said in Thread.started signal - can it be edited to pass a variable?:

i would need to pass a variable to run()

Why?
You can pass that variable before starting thread (either as constructor parameter or a getter method).

If you really need to pass a parameter to run use a lambda.

[J.Hilk]

@Igor86 is that run supposed to be the override run method of the QThread base class ?

because that can not have arguments or its not the overridden base class method, that runs in a different thread from the main one

[Igor86]

@jsulm said in Thread.started signal - can it be edited to pass a variable?:

@Igor86 said in Thread.started signal - can it be edited to pass a variable?:

i would need to pass a variable to run()

Why?
You can pass that variable before starting thread (either as constructor parameter or a getter method).

If you really need to pass a parameter to run use a lambda.

uoooohhhh thank you! didnt know I can pass values before i start the thread.. this is a gamechanger..

thank you very much!