On Aug 8, 2012, at 9:14 PM, ext Stephen Chu <step...@ju-ju.com> wrote:

> I am trying out the new QJsonValue in Qt 5 and find myself wondering: 
> Does converting a QJsonValue which is an array to a QJsonArray with 
> QJsonValue::toArray() makes a copy of the underlying data?
> 
> Say I load a JSON file which is an object that contains an array with 
> thousands of items using QJsonDocument:
> 
>     auto myObj = QJsonDocument::fromJson(jsonData).object();
>     auto myArray = myObject["theArray"].toArray();
> 
> How efficient is the conversion? Does it make a deep copy of the data in 
> the original object to the new array?

No it doesn't make any deep copies as long as the data is not being modified.

Cheers,
Lars

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