Wait for signal while processing other signals

Question

My Qt application talks to a serial device, and occasionally has to wait for this device to send a byte. To accomplish this, I create a new eventloop that exits as soon as t

Answer 1

There are several Types of which Signals and Slots can be connected.

See: http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/qt.html#ConnectionType-enum

Have you tried Qt::DirectConnection: connect(d_serial, SIGNAL(readyRead()), &wait, SLOT(quit()),Qt::DirectConnection); ?