[Development] Qt LTS & C++11 plans (CopperSpice)

[Ansel Sermersheim]

On 7/2/15 2:00 PM, Bernhard wrote:
> Unfortunately adding signals of the template’s type is exactly what I
> would have needed several times. In that case there is no clean
> solution. I once added QVariant based signals as a workaround but that
> was ridiculous. In modern times having powerful C++ generic programming
> features it is a shame that QObject doesn’t support this. IMHO this is
> one of the features (like C++11) that need to be introduced in Qt as
> fast as possible if it should not appear old-fashioned soon.

This is exactly one of the major reasons that we started CopperSpice. 
When working with the Model/View framework there are many situations 
where one wants to use a templated model. It's possible to get the same 
end result with some creative use of multiple inheritance, but it is a 
very unpleasant hack.

Given several comments we have seen, it sounds like this is not the 
direction Qt is going for many years if at all.

Ansel Sermersheim
CopperSpice Co-Founder
www.copperspice.com