Minor edits

CHANGELOG

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ pyqtgraph-0.9.9  [unreleased]
     - Fixed MeshData exception caused when vertexes have no matching faces
     - Fixed GLViewWidget exception handler
     - Fixed unicode support in Dock
+    - Fixed PySide crash caused by emitting signal from GraphicsObject.itemChange
 
 
 pyqtgraph-0.9.8  2013-11-24

README.md

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Contributors
   * Mattias Põldaru
   * Thomas S.
   * Mikhail Terekhov
+  * fabioz
 
 Requirements
 ------------

pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/ViewBox/ViewBox.py

@@ -37,25 +37,13 @@ class ChildGroup(ItemGroup):
     
     def __init__(self, parent):
         ItemGroup.__init__(self, parent)
-        # Changed from the signal to a listener-weak-list because it was Crashing with PySide 1.2.1
+        
-        #
+        # Used as callback to inform ViewBox when items are added/removed from 
-        # Seems to be related to the fact that sigItemsChanged is there but in the hierarchy it
+        # the group. 
-        # starts with 'object' and not 'QObject', as it's a
+        # Note 1: We would prefer to override itemChange directly on the 
-        # pyqtgraph.graphicsItems.GraphicsItem.GraphicsItem.
+        #         ViewBox, but this causes crashes on PySide.
-        #
+        # Note 2: We might also like to use a signal rather than this callback
-        # Crash (gotten with faulthandler):
+        #         mechanism, but this causes a different PySide crash.        
-        # Current thread 0x00001adc:
-        #   File "X:\pyqtgraph\pyqtgraph\graphicsItems\ViewBox\ViewBox.py", line 35 in itemChange
-        #   File "X:\pyqtgraph\pyqtgraph\WidgetGroup.py", line 197 in acceptsType
-        #   File "X:\pyqtgraph\pyqtgraph\WidgetGroup.py", line 187 in autoAdd
-        #   File "X:\pyqtgraph\pyqtgraph\WidgetGroup.py", line 194 in autoAdd
-        #   File "X:\pyqtgraph\pyqtgraph\WidgetGroup.py", line 132 in __init__
-        #   File "X:\pyqtgraph\pyqtgraph\graphicsItems\ViewBox\ViewBoxMenu.py", line 41 in __init__
-        #   File "X:\pyqtgraph\pyqtgraph\graphicsItems\ViewBox\ViewBox.py", line 185 in __init__
-        #
-        # Could not reproduce crash after changing to weak list (and note that crash didn't always
-        # happen even with signals, but when it did happen, it was always in the same place).
-
         self.itemsChangedListeners = WeakList()
  
         # excempt from telling view when transform changes