[Development] QSettings refactor updates

[Milian Wolff]

On Thursday 09 October 2014 19:43:08 Tomaz Canabrava wrote:
> Please be kind, this is the first step to contributing to qt that I'm
> trying. :)
> 
> First, I'v implemented the rationale that thiago asked me to do on the
> other thread:
> 
> Settings format: .ini ( current settings uses native format, should I
> implement that too or the reasoning here is 'be simple'? )
> 
> Cache format: binary json
> 
> If the json cache was created before the .ini, it will recreate the cache.
> 
> Internal format: I'v created a QConfigGroup / QConfig / QConfigCore set of
> classes, that can be renamed if it better fits.
> 
> Usage on code:

Hey Tomaz,

may I ask why you don't simply copy KConfig? It's API design has proven to be 
extremely versatile and efficient over the years. So is there any reason for 
writing something from scratch, instead of picking KConfig and adding the JSON 
cache feature on-top? Maybe I'm just missing some context or previous 
discussion on that matter?

Note that KConfig uses a pluggable format in the background, so adding 
registry or plist support is possible.

Bye
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