From kde-core-devel  Sun Mar 05 16:50:45 2006
From: Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:50:45 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Proposing the removal of virtual_hooks (or how you can add a
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=46rans Englich wrote:
>On Saturday 04 March 2006 11:18, Thiago Macieira wrote:
>> I'd like to propose a change of policy in the KDE libraries: remove
>> all virtual_hook functions from QObject-derived classes.
>>
>> The reason for that is that we *already* have a virtual_hook function
>> in those classes and it's called qt_metacall. It's automatically
>> generated by moc, so we're safe that it'll always exist.
>
>Another way to preserve BC is to use the visitor/double dispatch
> pattern. It can be argued to be a bit heavy code-wise, but achieves the
> goal and can also be fast, depending on various factors. Major
> pros/cons:

Would you mind elaborate on what that is?
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