From kde-core-devel  Thu May 24 07:35:13 2001
From: Simon Hausmann <hausmann () kde ! org>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 07:35:13 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: qdatastream with checksum
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=99068993929114

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 02:01:46PM -0700, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 May 2001 06:25, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> > What I'm thinking of in detail is a KCheckSumByteArray (TODO: find better
> > name :) , which inherits from QByteArray and adds a checksum property
> > (like we could use a simple CRC32) when being marshalled into a QDataStream
> > (and does so likewise when reading from a QDataStream, including a check
> > of the checksum and setting a isValid() boolean property appropriately) .
> >
> > (I volunteer to implement this, just in case)
> >
> > What do you think?
> 
> Do you want to use KCheckSumByteArray as source for the QDataStream or do you 
> want to feed KCheckSumByteArray into the datastream? I think you need the 
> first.

Yes, but of course the KCheckSumByteArray can have operators for streaming into
and from a QDataStream :-)

Bye,
 Simon