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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KConfig object-orientification
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-11-01 18:50:37
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On Thursday 01 November 2001 10:33 am, Charles Samuels wrote:
> On Thursday 01 November 2001 11:22 am, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > On Wednesday 31 October 2001 11:45 pm, Charles Samuels wrote:
> > > This makes it compatible with old version, except for a few small
> > > things.
> >
> > It still rearranges the class structure which is unnecassery and
> > unacceptable IMO. You also have a complete duplication of the KConfigBase
> > API which really is unnecassery.
>
> Backwards compatibility wasn't my idea (I don't really favor it, for that
> matter).  

Then I don't think it has a place in KDE 3.

> And inheriting from KConfigBase is both messy, requires all those
> functions to be virtual (slowing it down), and requires more memory at run
> time (since the members of KConfigBase will be duplicated).

Bullshit, you only need to override the lookupData and putData methods and 
*surprise* those are virtual already.

Cheers,
Waldo

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