[Development] Upgrading the sources to C++11 keywords (Q_NULLPTR, etc.)

[Thiago Macieira]

On Monday 09 February 2015 22:10:09 André Pönitz wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 12:58:45PM -0800, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > On Monday 09 February 2015 21:21:12 André Pönitz wrote:
> > > I don't think the argument of whitespace changes making the history
> > > hard to read carries a lot of weight in a git world.
> > 
> > Whitespaces can be ignored in git diff and git blame.
> 
> This sounds a bit like 'whitespace changes in passing
> are Mostly Harmless'. Which I happen to be fine with.
> 
> > You can't do that with
> > C++ keywords.
> 
> Would that be an argument against replacing '= 0' by '= Q_NULLPTR'
> under the 'fix whitespace in passing' rule?

That was the original proposal I sent. But some people objected to it.

I think we need to at the very least modernise our headers, since some users 
may compile we strict warning options.
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