On Sunday 12 July 2015 10:13:30 Smith Martin wrote: > m trying to get information for updating the documentation for QList.
To me it looks like you're trying to argue about a very particular use of QList. At that level of details, it has no business being in the docs. Better provide a benchmark into which users can easily plug their own types and that plots relative performance of various containers at various sizes. Then they can use that on their platform, on their type, with their access patterns to determine which container to choose. > At > the moment, it is misleading, judging by what you are saying. Maintaining > the documentation isn't a red herring. It's actually my job. If you want to update the docs, as a first approximation, write that QVector is _the_ default seqential (and, if it wasn't so awkward to use, also _the_ default associative) container (even though it's not currently reflected in the Qt API). All other containers (incl. QMap, QSet, ..., but maybe not QHash) should only be used after very careful profiling and QList should not be used by mere mortals at all. That's a good stating point. From there, refinements can be made. Thanks, Marc -- Marc Mutz <[email protected]> | Senior Software Engineer KDAB (Deutschland) GmbH & Co.KG, a KDAB Group Company Tel: +49-30-521325470 KDAB - The Qt Experts _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
