On 13.11.23 17:15, Thiago Macieira wrote: > On Monday, 13 November 2023 01:34:08 PST Ivan Solovev via Development wrote: >> Thiago wrote: >>> The problem is that QPartialOrdering::Unordered has been in our ABI since >>> 6.1 and we can't change that any more. >> >> Well, Marc already suggested a solution for this problem. >> Let's just introduce Qt::{strong,weak,partial}_ordering and deprecate >> QPartialOrdering in favor of the new types. >> >> We need to provide conversion between QPartialOrdering and >> Qt::partial_ordering, but the new types can be fully BC with std. > > I don't think this minor thing is worth the hassle. It uglifies our API for > little gain.
What, specifically, is ugly? That we have two Qt partial_ordering types? Anyway, that's subjective. Objectively, it breaks the impasse between full efficiency in future-looking C++20 builds and Qt BC guarantees. Given that Qt 7.0 is many years away, I don't think it's too much to ask to go the extra mile and remove the overhead. We seem to agree how to do it technically, and it won't be on you to implement all this, but on Ivan and me. I think I speak for Ivan, too, if I say that we'd rather today than tomorrow see this stuff merged. The next FF is already approaching again. Thanks, Marc -- Marc Mutz <marc.m...@qt.io> Principal Software Engineer The Qt Company Erich-Thilo-Str. 10 12489 Berlin, Germany www.qt.io Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Jouni Lintunen Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B -- Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development