[Qt-creator] "Add Getters and Setters" in Qt Creator

[Danny Price]

On 6 Feb 2010, at 14:39, Andre Poenitz wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 03:25:41PM -1000, John Vilburn wrote:
>> I guess if you are writing a library, then renaming a class should not
>> be taken lightly. But for an application, I sometimes need to rename a
>> class, just as I sometimes need to rename a variable or function
>> because when I first named it (a year ago) I named it poorly and
>> renaming it makes the code easier to read and maintain. I guess I am
>> not as good as you are at coming up with the perfect name for a
>> variable, function, or class. The Rename Symbol is essential for those
>> of us who make mistakes but still care about readability.
> 
> You put it like missing "fully automatic renaming" makes it impossible
> to rename stuff at all. But there's still a text editor and global
> search-and-replace. Not to mention all the other tools that people used
> in years before Creator came into existence.
> 
> Yes, renaming files would be nice. No doubt. I would like to use it myself.
> 
> It's just that other things are ranked higher by those people who
> do the work.

Things like redesigning the Project screen for the 3rd time? Or pushing the QML designer, an interesting technology that has little relevance in real production code? Or redesigning the mode bar? These are all changes that have been made to the master in recent weeks. Nokia seems to have some odd priorities.


> And if it really irks you, why not implement it?

It's not just John. Many people on this list have asked for this functionality. Nokia/Trolltech just seem to be putting a lot of effort into things that people don't need.

> 
> Andre'
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