[Development] Should QObject::event() be protected or public?

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at intel.com
Fri Mar 15 19:13:57 CET 2024


On Friday, 15 March 2024 11:03:19 PDT Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On Friday, 15 March 2024 10:09:31 PDT Marc Mutz via Development wrote:
> > I like simple rules. "Overrides should have the same access level as the
> > initial virtual function." is a simple rule.
> 
> Amend that to "... unless there's an explicit reason not to". With that, I'm
> ok. As you can still access by casting to a base, that had better be a good
> reason.

Which actually points to a reason why you'd do it: to make it *more* 
accessible (make public, or make a private become protected).

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Principal Engineer - Intel DCAI Cloud Engineering
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