[Interest] QByteArray vs QString, arg, why is there no arg()?

[Thiago Macieira]

On Wednesday, 18 September 2019 06:57:11 PDT Jason H wrote:
> I do prefer python's approach where the character size change does not come
> with an API change. Maybe discussion for Qt6?. I would think they C++ way
> would be to have 1 API and a template class? (Though I think some people
> cringe at that idea)

No, that's not going to happen because templates are not magic. It would mean 
increasing the size of the library so we support both types of string 
formatting. That's also why we don't have arg() today in QByteArray.

The new std::format-like API that is being developed will likely be QString 
only too.

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