Signals receivers not called when the receiver is a closure

[alek@…]

>>> from django.db import models
>>> def x():
...     def y(sender, **kwargs):
...         print 'y called'
...     models.signals.post_init.connect(y, sender = User)
...
>>> x()
>>>
>>> def z(sender, **kwargs):
...     print 'z called'
...
>>> models.signals.post_init.connect(z, sender = User)
>>>
>>> a = User()
z called
>>>

Expected result:

>>> a = User()
y called
z called
>>>

[dc]

That's not a bug, that's a feature.

def connect(self, receiver, sender=None, weak=True, dispatch_uid=None)

weak

Whether to use weak references to the receiver By default, the
module will attempt to use weak references to the receiver
objects. If this parameter is false, then strong references will
be used.

[Jacob]

Milestone 1.2 deleted