Fair enough, as long as they are not removed anytime soon
> Marc Mutz via Development <development@qt-project.org> kirjoitti 4.12.2023 > kello 10.20: > > On 04.12.23 09:06, Jyrki Yli-Nokari wrote: >> >> While I do not use them, I feel that deprecating such core functionality of >> a framework without measurable gain would seriously harm anyone using them >> and, most importantly, fundamentally harm the promise and dependability of >> Qt as a framework of choice. > > Only if you insist on compiling with deprecation warnings enabled. > No-one forces you to do that. > > We need a way to inform (or even prevent) new users from using such APIs > while still allowing existing users to continue to use them. That's what > deprecations are for. If you know of a better mechanism, I'm all ears. > > Until then, either you want to be notified of sub-optimal APIs asap, > then you enable deprecation warnings with the intent to fix them, or you > don't, then you don't, and fix once every decade when a new Qt major > release comes out. > > Thanks, > Marc > > >>>> Giuseppe D'Angelo via Development <development@qt-project.org> kirjoitti >>>> 3.12.2023 kello 23.35: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>>> On 03/12/2023 21:56, Christian Ehrlicher wrote: >>>> Some days ago we got an error report in the forum about QHashIterator, >>>> turned out to be a missing documentation for a complete class which >>>> remained unnoticed since Qt 6.0 >>>> (https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-119461). >>>> This leads to the question if we should deprecate all java-style >>>> iterators since they seem to be a) not widely used and b) it looks like >>>> we don't support them in a way we should. >>>> What do you think? >>> >>> While any "serious" code should build under QT_NO_JAVA_STYLE_ITERATORS¹, >>> how much maintenance do they cost us? There's been virtually 0 changes on >>> them since Qt 6.0. >>> >>> ¹ We should of course open the chapter of having something that defines all >>> these QOL macros. No one should be using the Java iterators. Here's a draft: >>> https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/522833 >>> >>> My 2 c, >>> -- >>> Giuseppe D'Angelo | giuseppe.dang...@kdab.com | Senior Software Engineer >>> KDAB (France) S.A.S., a KDAB Group company >>> Tel. France +33 (0)4 90 84 08 53, http://www.kdab.com/ >>> KDAB - The Qt, C++ and OpenGL Experts >>> >>> -- >>> Development mailing list >>> Development@qt-project.org >>> https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development > -- > Marc Mutz <marc.m...@qt.io> > Principal Software Engineer > > The Qt Company > Erich-Thilo-Str. 10 12489 > Berlin, Germany > http://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 -- Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development
