[PATCH] New KFileItem::assign() for Optimizing KDirListerCache

[Michael Brade]

On Friday 25 March 2005 15:27, David Faure wrote:
> > But I don't use it to update the item (which can also be confused with
> > refresh) but rather to make it an entirely new item... The method is a
> > shortcut for 'delete item; item = new KFileItem( udsEntry ... );'.
>
> This sounds a bit weird :)
> I mean, for any other class you wouldn't have a method for doing that, you
> would just do *item = KFileItem( udsEntry... );
> No new/delete there, only an instance created on the stack, and a call to
> the assignment operator.
Well yes, but I think that would still be slower than "updating" the item 
in-place, no? With the new setUDSEntry not even the instance on the stack is 
needed, no CTOR call at all.

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