connect signal too late?

[octaeder]

I'm looking at the following code:

    QNetworkReply *reply = networkManager->get(request);
    connect(reply, SIGNAL(finished()), SLOT(onRequestCompleted()));
    connect(reply, SIGNAL(error(QNetworkReply::NetworkError)), SLOT(onRequestError()));

When I assume that get(request) immediately sends error signal before the connect of the signal is established then we would miss the error. Is the conclusion right that (for good coding) the connect should be established first before the request is send, say like this:

    QNetworkReply *reply;
    connect(reply, SIGNAL(finished()), SLOT(onRequestCompleted()));
    connect(reply, SIGNAL(error(QNetworkReply::NetworkError)), SLOT(onRequestError()));
    reply = networkManager->get(request);

Thx

[sunderme]

qt examples do it the same way.