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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: slotError and QString
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () ens ! ascom ! ch>
Date:       1999-06-28 8:28:11
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Alex Zepeda wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Hans Petter Bieker wrote:
> 
> > Just wondering... Are there some special reasons why
> > IOJob::slotError(int, const char*) etc haven't been renamed to
> > IOJob::slotError(int, const QString&) or something like that?
> 
> Sure.  Because very little if anything is gained by using QStrings
> throughout.  With slotError specifically, the data is guaranteed 
> to be 8bit ASCII (there's no real reason for Unicode), so, 
> QStrings are a loss.

For the sake of consistency I would prefer to use QString there as
well and pay the loss.

Cheers,
Waldo
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