[Interest] Qt container size()

[André Somers]

Felix morack schreef op 29-1-2015 om 14:32:
> Hi,
>
>
> Qt containers use 'int' to refer to their size thus limiting their 
> size to INT_MAX.
>
> Is there any reason for this? Why dont they use size_t like the STL 
> and the rest of the world?
>
> It's 2015, people will increasingly bump into this limitation - i just 
> did. I very much prefer QTL over STL for easier Qt integration, 
> superior API and implicit sharing. But this is a bit of a bummer.
>
>
> Any plans to fix this situation for Qt6?
Basically: if you need data sets that large, you're better off designing 
your own specialized data structures.

That, and being able to use negative values for special purposes.

André