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List:       kde-freeqt
Subject:    Re: [freeqt] hello, world
From:       John Bridges <John () swingsoft ! com>
Date:       2000-04-05 7:38:58
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If I have one bug-bear with Qt - its the dependence on internally
developed collections and basic types. I would be much happier seeing a
Qt like library where controls such as list, tree and combo-box are
dependent on STL like structures.

John

Rik Hemsley wrote:

> Just some thoughts on this list:
>
> Seems no-one can be bothered anymore to think about rewriting Qt,
> seeing as there's not much point anymore.
>
> Has anyone considered doing something along a related line instead ?
> Perhaps using a Qt-style model for a set of STL-like classes ?
>
> Recently I've seen a few efforts get started where people are
> trying to create a C++ library that either augments or replaces
> the STL.
>
> I have to say I don't like the approaches of either project, mostly
> because I love the design of Qt's API.
>
> One thing Qt is currently missing is thread safety, so perhaps
> Harmony could be restarted as a project to rewrite things like
> QString et al in a thread-safe fashion, and/or to implement
> garbage collection or some other nice feature(s) ? Of course,
> doing this would mean giving the code to Troll Tech to include
> in Qt.
>
> Not that I have the time to do any of this, just thinking about
> what might be interesting and useful if anyone's looking for
> some work to do and feels like doing something for the good
> of the planet ;)
>
> Qt is now mature, stable, featureful and efficient. It's only
> missing a few nice things which I guess Troll Tech aren't doing
> because they simply don't have the time to invest, with paying
> users requesting things like QWorkSpace (MDI), which then takes
> precedence over e.g. MT safety.
>
> Rik

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