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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: qt-copy
From:       George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-04-02 16:30:23
Message-ID: 200404021130.23529.staikos () kde ! org
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On April 2, 2004 10:40, Christian Loose wrote:
> >   What I remember is Dirk replacing the STL line that required changing
> > compilation instructions and requirements of Qt with 3 lines of code or
> > so. Making the stl integration a requirement just makes it that much more
> > of a problem to port to other compilers.  All to save 2 lines of code or
> > so.
>
> problem to port to other compilers? I think your statistics about the usage
> of STL in KDE are outdated:
> http://lxr.kde.org/search?string=%23std%3A%3Avector%23. Even kdelibs
> contains STL code.
>
> As already said many times before this isn't about STL containers. It's
> about using STL algorithms with QTL containers. I like it. :-)

  My experience with the STL is that I tend to be fixing STL compile errors on 
a regular basis in KDE CVS as new compilers are tested.  In addition, the STL 
algorithms are more likely the cause of portability problems with older unix 
compilers I think.

-- 
George Staikos
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Staikos Computing Services Inc.	http://www.staikos.net/
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