[Development] syncqt.pl in C++

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at intel.com
Fri Mar 10 18:33:40 CET 2017


On sexta-feira, 10 de março de 2017 04:48:18 PST Joerg Bornemann wrote:
> No, but we have tried Duktape a year ago.
> I stopped working on a switch to Duktape because of three things:
> 1. C++-references to JS objects. One had to make sure that the engine
> doesn't garbage collect what you're referencing. That was possible in a
> hacky way.
> 2. Much worse: no way of implementing a QScripClass-like facility.
> Solvable, for sure, but nothing that's done easily along the way.
> 3. The insight that if we have to ship a JS engine anyways it can just
> be QtScript, or a stripped-down version of it for my sake.

Except that QtScript has a very old JSC engine that hasn't received security 
updates, or any updates of any kind, for some time. It would be irresponsible 
to use it for new projects.

Find another, please.

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