QString::fromLatin1

[Waldo Bastian]

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On Wednesday 09 July 2003 04:27, 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? 
> Should it be done at the KConfig level rather then sometimes?  Is it
> historical? Can it be removed?

I guess it is historical.

It should be removed. writeEntry is overloaded and can either take QString or 
const char * as first argument. Converting const char * explicitly to QString 
is not necassery and slower.

Cheers,
Waldo
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