QString::fromLatin1

[Zack Rusin]

On Tuesday 08 July 2003 22:27, Benjamin Meyer wrote:
> In kmainwindow.cpp when storing settings it wraps the string with
> QString::fromLatin1() Such as:
> "config->writeEntry(QString::fromLatin1("StatusBar"), entryList,
> ';');"  Some of the classes do this, some don't.  What is the value
> of doing this?  

If QT_NO_CAST_ASCII is defined while compiling a Qt app the QString( 
const char *str ) is disabled meaning all things like 
void someFunc( const QString& );
someFunc( "wrong" );
won't compile anymore and the only way of creating a QString from a 
const char* is the QString::fromLatin1 function. Some apps do that 
(e.g. Kopete) to reduce the number of implicit casting all over the 
code.

> Should it be done at the KConfig level rather then 
> sometimes?  

Doesn't really matter.

> Is it historical? 

Nope.

> Can it be removed?  

I'd rather see more code using it, but as long as we're not using 
QT_NO_CAST_ASCII it's not mandatory.

Zack

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