From 4b393e731890aa83bb425181a81702eae307c341 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Higerd <coda@adams-mbp.attlocal.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 23:09:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] downgrade error to warning for null sender in QxtMetaObject

---
 src/core/qxtmetaobject.cpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core/qxtmetaobject.cpp b/src/core/qxtmetaobject.cpp
index be4bc730..374cffea 100644
--- a/src/core/qxtmetaobject.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qxtmetaobject.cpp
@@ -329,7 +329,12 @@ namespace QxtMetaObject
      */
     bool connect(QObject* sender, const char* signal, QxtBoundFunction* slot, Qt::ConnectionType type)
     {
-        Q_ASSERT(sender);
+        if(!sender) 
+        {
+            qWarning() << "QxtMetaObject::connect: null sender";
+            return false;
+        }
+
         const QMetaObject* meta = sender->metaObject();
         int methodID = meta->indexOfMethod(meta->normalizedSignature(signal).mid(1).constData());
         if (methodID < 0)