convert PyQt4 string styled signal to PyQt5 Signal

Question

I usually write a small function to create QActions. But PyQt5 doesn\'t support function SIGNAL() anymore. I don\'t know how to rewrite this function beautifully.

Answer 1

I think you may be over-thinking this. New-style signals are instance attributes, so you can just use getattr:

def createAction(self, text, slot=None, signal='triggered'):
    action = QAction(text, self)
    if slot is not None:
        getattr(action, signal).connect(slot)
    return action