15.06.2012, 16:12, "Constantin Makshin" <cmaks...@gmail.com>: > On 06/15/2012 02:55 PM, Konstantin Tokarev wrote: > >> 15.06.2012, 14:50, "Rui Maciel" <rui.mac...@gmail.com>: >>> Does anyone know what's the rationale for relying on Qt's custom QString >>> instead of simply using C++'s standard and omnipresent std::string? >> 1. Historical reasons - STL was not implemented on the same level in all >> compilers >> in the past. >> 2. std::string does not hadle UTF16 strings, and std::wstring is >> non-standard > > 3. std::string's behavior (e.g. use of the copy-on-write technique) is > implementation-dependent while QString is the same everywhere. > 4. QString has more features (formatting, regular expressions, cheap > substring extraction through QStringRef, etc.).
Note that (4) on its own doesn't require new implementation of string -- Regards, Konstantin _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
