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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Use of C++ standard library in KDE
From:       Dirk Mueller <mueller () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-11-22 21:46:32
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On Die, 21 Nov 2000, Guillaume Laurent wrote:

> What dependency ? The STL is *standard*. As for memory requirements, it's 
> only defining as many more classes as you need. You'll get the same kind of 
> increase with the Qt containers since they are also template-based.

No, they're not. disregarding a few exceptions the QTL is _not_ template
based. the template is just a layer to get type-safety for the compiler, the
actual code is just operating on void* in any case. 

Besides, if you ever have used STL on Solaris you know how much it sucks
there. 

> > and the STL won't make you happy anyway ;-)
> I beg to differ. The STL, although not easy to use, is definitely among the 
> best C++ library every designed.

I'd agree, however if you have just a small type the error messages you get
are very irritating ;)

We'll see how Qt 3 will change in that respect. 


Dirk
 
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