External Acces to Private Slot

[stefanadelbert]

Should class A really be able to connect to a private slot in class B?

Here's some pseudo code to illustrate what I mean:

class A : public QObject
{
    A() {
        instanceOfB = new B();
        connect(this, SIGNAL(mySignal()), instanceOfB, SLOT(MySlot()));
    }
 
signals:
    void mySignal();
 
private:
    B* instanceOfB;
}
 
class B : public QObject
{
private slots:
    void MySlot();
}

class A : public QObject
{
    A() {
        instanceOfB = new B();
        connect(this, SIGNAL(mySignal()), instanceOfB, SLOT(MySlot()));
    }

signals:
    void mySignal();

private:
    B* instanceOfB;
}

class B : public QObject
{
private slots:
    void MySlot();
}

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This effectively means that a class B private function can be accessed by class A, which is not really in the spirit of private function access specifier.