From kde-devel  Tue Nov 09 20:03:04 1999
From: Alexander Feigl <Alexander.Feigl () gmx ! de>
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 20:03:04 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: QMap bug ? (Re: kioslaves don't die?)
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=94217794719044

At Die, 09 Nov 1999 David Faure wrote:
> > > > probably I found to cause of the problem : QMap - which is used to store the
> > > > running kioslaves - seems to hold one entry per key only. (protocol in that
> > > > case) I added lots of debugging stuff in kio_job.cpp to find that out.
> > > This
> > > > really explains why processes get "forgotten". Anything we 
> > > > could do against it?
> > > 
> > > Huh ??
> > > A QMap can contain several entries per keys. I don't think that's the real
> > > bug, otherwise a lot of stuff would be broken in KDE !!
> > > 
> > > Well, perhaps you could check QMap's behaviour with a 4-lines test
> > > program... Just to make sure :)
> > > 
> > 4-line test? Hmm. I don't manage it that short. But - what is 
> > wrong with this 30-liner?
> > 

*** LOTS OF STUFF SNIPPED ***

> > 
> > Can you test it on your machine too?
> 
> Just did. Same behaviour here !
> (Using Qt CVS from 30-Oct-1999)
> 
> But .. reading qmap.h ... insert() calls insertSingle() so this
> would be expected.
> 
> insertMulti() exists but only in QMapPrivate ??!??
> Torben ?
> 

The question is : is this a feature or a bug? According to the docs it seems
more like a bug. But looking at the source it looks like intentional.

Did you write to QT - or is this list regularly read by some QT people? We
should find out quickly whether we have to change or QT.

Greetings

Alexander