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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KApplication::argc()
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () sein ! lst ! de>
Date:       1999-08-06 19:22:39
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On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Bernd Gehrmann wrote:

> On Fri, 06 Aug 1999 Stephan Kulow wrote:
> >> >> Speaking of KApplication: What is this aDummyString3
> >> >> and similar good for? Looks really like voodoo. 
> >> >> I would prefer documented voodoo though :-)
> >> >> 
> >> >No, it's not voodoo, it's about binary compatiblity
> >> 
> >> Binary compatibility with what? 
> >> 
> >With future versions! ;)
> 
> Why do you expect future versions to add QStrings?
> And not ints, doubles, QColors or whatever? This
> does not look like a viable solution for retaining
> binary compatibility, in contrast to the Qt method:
> Put the private variables in a structure that is
> allocated in the constructor and deleted in the
> destructor. 
> 
Don't ask me - that was Kalle's idea. But he also
added three of four void pointers :)

Greetings, Stephan

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