[Qgis-developer] STL vs. Qt containers

Marco Hugentobler marco.hugentobler at karto.baug.ethz.ch
Fri Oct 27 06:30:55 EDT 2006


Ok, that's right. We probably use QString in all classes.

Marco

Am Freitag, 27. Oktober 2006 11:54 schrieb Martin Dobias:
> Hi Marco,
>
> first I have also thought that it would be nice that some core
> routines would not depend on Qt. Later I've found out that this is not
> possible.
>
> Core parts use like data providers use Qt signals/slots mechanism that
> makes impossible to port them easily to a non-Qt code. But second,
> more important - why to do that? QGIS is based on Qt. Once we have
> such dependency why not to use it extensively? My opinion is that
> converting some code to be Qt-independent wouldn't bring any benefits
> - Qt also works as compatibility layer between the platforms. Why to
> loose it?
>
> Martin



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