[Development] Don't use Private *d when your class is immutable

[Richard Moore]

On 3 March 2017 at 07:30, Marc Mutz <marc.mutz at kdab.com> wrote:

> Bad example: QSslCipher. Look at all the messy API that just deals with the
> fact it's pimpled. That class is particularly hideous because it allocates
> memory on every copy!
>
>
​Please avoid using the SSL code as the example since you don't really
understand it. QSslCipher /should/ be an integer index into a table. The
fact that it isn't is a poor workaround for weak API from​ openssl and poor
design choices when SSL supported was added to Qt.

​Cheers

Rich.​
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