[Development] HEADS UP: Don't use QList, use Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO

[Marc Mutz]

On Friday 10 July 2015 11:54:16 Smith Martin wrote:
> Then I don't see why it is so inherently inefficient. The QList entry is
> allocated on the heap anyway. Doesn't QList<C> just allocate a bigger
> entry? And if I don't have the C object stored anywhere else, it has to be
> somewhere, so why not keep it in the QList entry?

Can we please avoid turning this thread into "why is QList" bad?

QList *is* bad. If you don't believe, read 
http://marcmutz.wordpress.com/effective-qt/ If you then _still_ don't believe, 
do your own benchmarks. Then you will believe.

Thanks,
Marc

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