[Development] QVariant container API

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at intel.com
Mon Apr 1 15:08:12 CEST 2019


On Monday, 1 April 2019 12:41:59 CEST Vasily Pupkin wrote:
> > is too fragile and not compatible enough with standards. I recommend you
> > reconsider and think about a more standard format.
> 
> Just wanted to clarify, that I am working on a solution, which is totaly
> different from datastream serialization (and opposes it) and is format
> agnostic. It has an abstract module, which can be implemented for XML, JSON
> and so on.
> The API would be QByteArray serialize(const QVariant& value), and QVariant
> might be a gadget or a collection of any depth. The only thing it does, is
> peaking inside QVariant and recursively (de)serializes properties or items.

My first reaction is that I don't like it. We already have too many of those 
and we've had proposals for such API before.

But I'm not going to stop you. Make a proof of concept and we may be able to 
discuss. Worst case is that we don't add it to QtCore, but it gets released 
elsewhere.

> > Nor I. That code is black magic to me and I don't touch it.
> 
> Is it going to be left like that forever :( ?

Yes, unless someone steps up and maintains it.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
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