On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 08:54:47PM +0200, ext Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On Monday, 17 de October de 2011 19:33:07 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 02:55:53PM +0200, Knoll Lars (Nokia-MP-Qt/Oslo) 
> wrote:
> > > Why would we want to add a wrapper for char's?
> > 
> > why again do we have a wrapper for ushort called QChar? after all, some
> > global functions operating on ushort would do. ;)
> 
> What functions do you want to have on QByte?
> 
for symmetry with QChar: data(). well, except that QChar has unicode()
instead. *grumble*. but QString has both, aliased to each other.

> > one of the advantages of a unified codebase would be making an end to
> > qbytearray constantly lagging behind qstring in api for no good reason.
> 
> The good reason is that it's not a string. It's a sequence of arbitrary bytes 
> which are not a string.
> 
uhm, no. in qt 4, qbytearray was turned into a fully-fledged string
class, to replace QCString.

> What methods are you missing in QByteArray that QString has?
> 
lots. well, a lot was synchronized over time, but we always have the
same problem when something new is added or some change (often an
optimization) is made.
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