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

[Sean Harmer]

On Friday 10 Jul 2015 10:32:45 Smith Martin wrote:
> Maybe it's just me, but I'm still not understanding your explanation, and I
> don't think you are answering my question:
> 
> I have a struct C which is bigger than a pointer. I declare QList<C>. Does
> your explanation mean that sometimes (most of the time, in fact), the list
> will become an array of C* instead of an array of C?

Not sometimes. Everytime. As soon as your type is greater than the size of a 
pointer. Hence the extra level of indirection, leading to pointer chasing and 
poor cache performance.

Cheers,

Sean
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