[Qgis-developer] STL vs. Qt containers

[Gavin Macaulay]

Hi,

I prefer the STL containers. I find them to have a more consistent
interface than the Qt ones, although with Qt4 most, if not all, of the
containers work with STL algorithms and have STL-like functions.

Gavin

> Hi devs,
>
> QGIS code uses a mixture of containers (e.g. map, vector, list, set)
> from standard C++ library and Qt. I'd like to hear your opinions about
> moving completely to Qt containers (QMap, QVector, ...). Benefit of
> this would be a "smoother" and more Qt-ish API, possibility to use
> java-style iterators and more.
>
> Overview of the containers:
> http://doc.trolltech.com/4.2/qt4-tulip.html
>
> If noone objects against it, I would change it in the refactoring
> branch. This will allow making the python bindings easier.
>
> Martin
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