On Friday 10 October 2014 21:26:11 Tomaz Canabrava wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 6:35 AM, Milian Wolff <milian.wo...@kdab.com> wrote: > > On Friday 10 October 2014 06:22:12 Tomaz Canabrava wrote: > > > Em 10/10/2014 06:18, "Oswald Buddenhagen" < > > > > > > oswald.buddenha...@theqtcompany.com> escreveu: > > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:07:52AM +0200, Milian Wolff wrote: > > > > > may I ask why you don't simply copy KConfig? It's API design has > > > > > proven to be extremely versatile and efficient over the years. > > > > > > > > actually, it has proven horrible and is slated for a rewrite for a > > > > decade. the only thing it does right is what tomaz copied to his api. > > > > > > (still sleeping, só I will write better latter) I used kconfig and I > > > tougth it was terrible to use, that why I came to thiago and hélio > > > Castro > > > asking if I could try a new one. > > > > > > I'll read the emails on this thread and change the code accordingly. > > > > Please double-check the KConfig API and copy more of its behavior. Some of > > that stuff was also mentioned by Thiago, Bo and Kai: > > > > QConfig("identifier_or_filename"); // this should also be the root group > > > > config.setValue("bla", 123); // would set a global config value, with > > multiple > > overloads or template functions > > > > QConfigGroup group = config.group("something"); // smart handle with > > reference > > semantics > > group.readValue("blub", /* default value */); // read value in group, also > > overloads and/or template function > > > > foreach (QConfigGroup subGroup, group.groups()) // or similar > > > > qDebug() << subGroup.name(); > > > > I still think that KConfig, API-wise, is extremely convenient and haven't > > seen > > anything better so far. The internals and performance is a bit lacking, > > but > > usually not a problem and definitely not related to the API. > > It's too error prone regarding typos. > > // main.cpp > > KConfig c; > KConfigGroup g = c.group("blah"); > g.setValue("width", 10); > > // otherfile > Kconfig c; > KConfigGroup g = c.group("blah"); > g.value("widht"); // <- no error is issued, this is something that I wanna > have it fixed.
How do you intend to fix it? Esp. when looking at what Rafael proposes? If you declare any other class to be used instead of a string, the user can still mix two variables up. I don't see what that has to do with KConfig/QConfig, really. Bye -- Milian Wolff | milian.wo...@kdab.com | Software Engineer KDAB (Deutschland) GmbH&Co KG, a KDAB Group company Tel. Germany +49-30-521325470, Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090 KDAB - Qt Experts - Platform-independent software solutions _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development