[PySide] QStandardItemModel vs QAbstractItemModel

[Frank Rueter | OHUfx]

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On 11/01/16 9:48 am, Frank Rueter | OHUfx wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am building a spreadsheet widget for custom data and will need many 
> custom editors and item delegates.
> The amount of items will potentially be in the 100,000s and a lot of 
> filtering will be going on.
>
> I started using the QStandardItemModel and so far things are working 
> fine, but I haven't implemented the delegates or editors yet, and I 
> will also have to override the data()/setData().
>
> I'm wondering if I should switch to using the QAbstractItemModel 
> before proceeding but can't make up my mind.
> I am using some of the QStandardItemModel's method's, such as clear() 
> and item() and setItem(), but I guess those are easy to re-implement.
>
> The docs say that one should consider using QAbstractItemModel for 
> efficiency and flexibility, but I am struggling to make an educated 
> decision because I haven't used model/views often enough yet to know 
> about all the pros and cons.
>
> Any advice on how to make that decision would be much appreciated. I'd 
> hate to finish writing the code only to find out that it's too slow 
> for large data sets, and then re-jig everything to use the 
> QAbstractItemModel.
>
>
> Thanks,
> frank
>
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