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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kconfig_compiler4
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2005-12-29 9:44:46
Message-ID: 200512291044.46690.nicolasg () snafu ! de
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On Thursday 29 December 2005 03:48, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Thomas Braxton wrote:
> >> Was the whole KConfig stuff not supposed to independant on what is
> >> below? So you could not always assume that it is text below.
> >
> >Exactly. If someone implements something different for Windows/OSX or
> >implemtents one of the other config systems listed on the kde wiki, who
> > knows what the underlying implementation will be.
>
> So use "Integer" which is the largest available integer in that
> architecture and let the implementation deal with how to best store it.
> Don't impose sizes or arbitrary limits at all.
>

> Example: 64-bit Integer with value = 42 can be stored as a single byte.

But then you need a QVariant type of storage which tells you what the real 
type is.

Have a nice day!

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