[Interest] Are slots even needed these days?

[André Pönitz]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 08:35:39AM +0100, Till Oliver Knoll wrote:
> > Am 16.03.2016 um 22:37 schrieb André Pönitz <apoenitz at t-online.de>:
> > 
> > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 02:31:33PM +0000, Gian Maxera wrote:
> >>> I can connect to Foo::bar either way. If I don't intend to ever
> >>> use the old-style connect syntax, is there a reason to have
> >>> "public slots:" anymore?
> >> 
> >> One reason that for me it’s fundamental: Readability of your code
> >> !!!
> > 
> > It doesn't make the code more readable then a comment
> > 
> >   // This is a slot !!!  void foo();
> 
> Extend your example to a dozen or so slots and you'd quickly agree
> that
> 
> private slots: void foo(); void bar(); void baz(); ...
> 
> is much more readable, as compared to, say, repeating your comment

I thought the comment was silly enough to make clear that I don't
think it has any merits at all, pretty much as marking something
*unnecesarily* as 'slot:' hasn't.

I even copied all the exclamation marks !!!1eleven.

Andre'