[Interest] When does Qt load its plugins?

[Thiago Macieira]

Em quarta-feira, 13 de julho de 2016, às 12:34:25 PDT, Elvis Stansvik 
escreveu:
> I'll run an strace while using the application, but I thought I'd also
> ask here: When in general does Qt load its plugins? For some plugins
> (such as the platform plugin), I expect it to be quite early. But what
> about imageformat plugins, is there a policy that they be loaded as
> late as possible?

They are loaded when the respective QPluginLoader or QFactoryLoader is 
initialised.

You have to look at each and every one of those to see when they are 
initialised. For example, the image format plugins are *all* loaded on 
application start, way before any of them is ever needed. The bearer plugin, 
on the other hand, is only loaded when needed.

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