On Wednesday March 7 2012, andre.poen...@nokia.com wrote: > Marc Mutz wote: > > I've uploaded a patch series that makes most of the value classes in > > QtCore final in the C++11 sense (ie. under a C++11 compiler, these can no > > longer be inherited from). > > I disagree with the idea of making Qt core classes non-inheritable. > > While inheritance from "value" classes is rarely needed, it _is_ useful at > times. Most notably, private inheritance is even "pretty safe". > > There is no need to artificially deprive us of useful tools.
Name one instance where (non-public, since public isn't safe) inheritance is useful and not just laziness on the part of the inheriter :) Thanks, Marc -- Marc Mutz <marc.m...@kdab.com> | Senior Software Engineer KDAB (Deutschland) GmbH & Co.KG, a KDAB Group Company www.kdab.com || Germany +49-30-521325470 || Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090 KDAB - Qt Experts - Platform-Independent Software Solutions _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
