From kde-core-devel  Wed Feb 28 19:09:55 2001
From: Peter Putzer <pputzer () edu ! uni-klu ! ac ! at>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 19:09:55 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: New KDE printing system
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=98338752404628

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Michael Goffioul wrote:

> Bernd Gehrmann wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> > > I don't think it is really tricky to write:
> > >
> > > KPrinter    *printer = KPrinterFactory::self()->printer();
> > > <do whatever you want with the KPrinter object, except deleting it>;
> >
> > It's even less tricky if you make the destructor non-public :-)
> 
> Yes. To avoid any problem KPrinter constructors and desctructor will be
> tagged "protected". Only the factory will then be responsible for KPrinter
> object.

Beware! egcs has problems with non-public d'tors and c'tors (at least for
classes without any "friends")!

regards,
Peter