[Interest] Why QString and not std::string?

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On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:39:06 +0300, Rui Maciel <rui.maciel at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On 06/15/2012 03:13 PM, Giuseppe D'Angelo wrote:
>>> >  But it's standard and it is C++.
>> But (I think) the point was: what should have we used for the last
>> 10-15 years of QString?
>
> I could've been a bit clearer in my initial post, but I intended to know
> if there was currently any reason that justified having QString around
> instead of simply using what's already included in C++'s standard  
> library.

Mixing different libraries and standards into single jar quite often ends  
up in total mess. And you can just others about their experience of doing  
so, starting from the last point here:
http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2010/06/17/how-qt-can-turn-you-into-a-guitar-maestro/


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