[Development] The future of smart pointers in Qt API
André Pönitz
apoenitz at t-online.de
Mon Feb 3 20:38:10 CET 2020
On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 11:32:02PM +0100, Giuseppe D'Angelo wrote:
> On 02/02/2020 22:45, André Pönitz wrote:
> > > This is a logical fallacy; "I don't need it, noone else does".
> > But this is the argument the de-Qt-ers use when it comes to Qt convenience
> > they don't need.
>
> Which Qt convenience in particular?
Directly affected are for instance functions operating on full containers in
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtalgorithms-obsolete.html
Indirectly, standard containers have no direct equivalent of .contains(),
so advocating using std over Qt has a similar effect here.
> I seem to be advocating against duplication "for the sake of it", not when
> there's strong arguments (e.g. convenience) for it.
This is appreciated.
Andre'
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