An observable is used to decouple an information producer from a consumer
(in the same way as a callback), while allowing multiple consumers (called
observers) to coexist and to manage their lifetime separately.
Two classes are introduced:
observable: a producer class; when an observable is invoked all observers
receive the information
observer: a consumer class; receives information from a observable
Modelled after boost::signals2, with the following changes
- all signals return void; information is passed from the producer to
the consumer but not back
- thread-unsafe
- modern C++ without preprocessor hacks
- connection lifetime is always managed rather than leaked by default
- renamed to avoid the funky "slot" name
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