[Development] Qt Coding style and C++11

[Ville Voutilainen]

On 18 September 2017 at 10:02, Lorn Potter <lorn.potter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The section "Conventions for C++11 usage" in [1] states:
>>>
>>>  "Note: This section is not an accepted convention yet.
>>>   This section serves as baseline for further discussions."
>>>
>>> I'd like to push this discussion, because if code is converted to a new
>>> base, it should be clear to everyone HOW to do so.
>>
>> For new code the this should be a no-brainer, IMO. So +1 from my side.
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> It really depends on the code, and where it is. Not all platforms/systems will support c++11 I suppose, and we might want to still target these. I am not up to date with all the platforms/targets, etc.

Do we still really support targets that don't support C++11?

> But for new plugins that target a known platform that supports c++11, they can most likely use new conventions.
> Unless someone can come up with technical reasons the new c++11 member initialization is better than what is there now, I’d rather keep it the same as it is now.

If you have more than one constructor that set a member to the same
value, it's arguably simpler and less error-prone
to use a member initializer.