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08-02-16, 08:23 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by p3lim View Post
In short, fake events.

When a library does something and the addon using the library wants to know when that finished or had results, it can assign a callback function using CallbackHandler (if the library has support for it).

For example, the library LibResInfo will fire callbacks whenever it thinks that a resurrect is in progress or has finished in some way, and addons can use CallbackHandler to assign a function to respond to such an event.

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callba...programming%29
Hi p3lim,

So, is it like a particular function can accept a callback function as one of its parameter (or argument) and this callback function can be triggered(?) based on which event has been fired?
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