Questions tagged [d-pointer]
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What does "d" stand for in d-pointer?
Qt makes heavy use of the PIMPL idiom in their development process: https://wiki.qt.io/D-Pointer
As I've read here: "The name 'd-pointer' stems from Trolltech's Arnt Gulbrandsen, who first introduced the technique into Qt, making it one of the first…
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does adding new member function into d pointer class break binary compatibility?
Will adding new member function into d pointer class definition break binary compatibility?
For example, will the new definition below break binary compatibility compared to the original? (side question, is there a tool that will tell me if a new…
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Qt access D-Pointer of inherited Class
I am trying to understand how the whole d-pointer thing i working. I got most parts but I am currently facing a problem:
Like the guy here Dpointer inheritance i want to inherit a class using d-pointers (infact it is QProcess).
Since the function to…
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D-pointer and composition classes in a shared library
I am creating a shared library in Qt5 C++. To allow future updates preserving the binary compatibility I would like to use the d-pointer technique. However, I don't know how to apply it when there is a composition of classes. The examples I've…
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QExplicitlySharedPointer and inheritance
What is the best way to use QExplicitlySharedPointer and inherited classes. I would like when the BaseClass exits on it's own to have a my d pointer be QExplicitlySharedPointer and when I have a Derived class on top of this base…
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