Public functions versus public slots

Question

In my one year of Qt programming, I have learnt a lot about signals and slots. But not enough...

http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/signalsandslots.html

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Answer 1

For certain functions, you need a return value. This will not work as easily in slots. In slots you cant use the return value of a function or give a reference parameter to them. Yes you can do it, but you have a timing Problem. Whether you're using a slot or a normal member function dependents on your software architecture.

In addition, slots run in the event loop. It depends on your code if this is intentional or not.