Why is PyQt connect() syntax so verbose?

Question

I\'m just learning PyQt and looking at the Signals and Slots mechanism. I\'m a bit baffled by the verbose syntax. Why do we have:

self.connect(dial, SIGNAL(\         


        

Answer 1

You can use PyQt's new style signals which are less verbose:

self.connect(dial, SIGNAL("valueChanged(int)"), spinbox.setValue)

Becomes:

dial.valueChanged.connect(spinbox.setValue)