DRAFT document on coding conventions in kde libraries

[Thiago Macieira]

Leo Savernik wrote:
>Compiled with gcc-2.95.2 (yes, really old version!) results in:
>a: 0x8049fb8 b: 0x8049fb0 a==b: 1
>
>So I can't follow your concern. Whatever, msvc6 doesn't even compile
> this.

Ok, there's some trickery there.

But I know gcc 2.95 can't comply with adjusting covariant returns in some 
cases, at least. I know because I wanted to do just that for 
KNetwork::KServerSocket::accept, but I couldn't. I was using gcc 2.95 at 
the time and it generated an internal error.

You can still see the warning there:
http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/classKNetwork_1_1KServerSocket.html#a19

   * @note This function should return a KStreamSocket object, but 
compiler
   *       deficiencies prevent such an adjustment. Therefore, we return
   *       the base class for active sockets, but it is guaranteed
   *       that the object will be a KStreamSocket or derived from it.

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