signals as functions (compiler warning)

Circuits

Hey guys, so I have a signal:

in header:

signals:

  foo();

and I am emiting the signal like so:

in .cpp:

void bar()
{
  emit foo();
}

There, on the emit line, I am getting a compiler warning:

"Emit keyword being used with non-signal"

I only recently stated seeing these warnings after updating Qt. Why am I getting this warning?

ODБOï

hi
@Circuits said in signals as functions (compiler warning):

"Emit keyword being used with non-signal"

In addition to what Christian said,
that warning will also be thrown if you have a signal and a method/slot with the same name

public slots:
    void test(){        
        return;    
    }
signals:
    void test(int &i);

[...]
{
 emit test();  // Emit keyword being used with non-signal [clazy-incorrect-emit]
}

Christian Ehrlicher

Did you add Q_OBJECT to your class? If so I would guess the code model is a little bit confused and you can safely ignore it.

/edit: moving to 'Tools' since it's not a Qt but a QtCreator problem.

ODБOï

hi
@Circuits said in signals as functions (compiler warning):

"Emit keyword being used with non-signal"

In addition to what Christian said,
that warning will also be thrown if you have a signal and a method/slot with the same name

public slots:
    void test(){        
        return;    
    }
signals:
    void test(int &i);

[...]
{
 emit test();  // Emit keyword being used with non-signal [clazy-incorrect-emit]
}