[Interest] Why does QML prefer 'count' over '.length'?

[J-P Nurmi]

On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 22:04,Jason H <jhihn at gmx.com> wrote:
> JS uses length on arrays and strings. Anytime you have an array (be it a list, etc) the number of items is denoted as .length

And in QML you have .length where you'd expect to have it, in JS arrays and strings.

> It makes no sense to have Qt use count in similar situations.

Arrays and strings are not exactly similar situations to item views and item models. :)

> As Thiago mentioned length, size and count are all analogous in the C++ API, so I don't know how/why they are ambiguous.

The C++ API of the Qt containers. Not item views nor item models. Two entirely different worlds. The length or size of an array is clear, but the length or size of a list view is likely to get associated to the UI element's visual geometry.

> I write quite a bit of JS code (server and mobile) and it seems rather arbitrary to continue to use count. > 
> Specific places: 
> All models. DelegateModel, DelegateModelGroup, ListModel, etc.

It's not that arbitrary. "Count" is used all over in item views and item models, in C++ and in QML.

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J-P Nurmi