On Tuesday, May 24, 2011, Daren Beattie wrote:

> only complaint in the first few minutes of using it is that it doesn't show
> the value of the std::ofstream that represents the LilyPond file being
> created by LilyPondExporter.

That makes me wonder if there isn't some Qt class that could do the same job, 
and if Qt Creator wouldn't do a better job of letting you debug that class 
than an STL one.

If there's some benefit to the swap, like better debugging, then I'd have no 
objection to switching that out.  I've generally been using Qt over STL 
classes in new work, while leaving old work alone unless there's a compelling 
reason to fool with it.

One good example of a case where there isn't a compelling reason to fool with 
it is all that std::string vs. QString nonsense.  It would really clean up a 
lot of messy code to use QString everywhere, and get rid of all the conversion 
gibberish, but there is an absolutely enormous amount of conversion gibberish, 
and it's thoroughly tested, and translated.

I guess the LilyPond converter falls smack in the middle of that mess, when I 
think about it.  Well, I'll just leave the thought dangling and go to bed 
without really looking into any of this right now.
-- 
D. Michael McIntyre

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security.
With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, 
you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection.
Download your free trial now. 
http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1
_______________________________________________
Rosegarden-devel mailing list
[email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel

Reply via email to