Idea: SkipDirtyOnIdenticalValues WriteConfigFlag for KConfigBase / KConfig

[Eduardo Robles Elvira]

Hello everybody!

The usual behaviour of KConfigGroup::writeEntry() (which in turns calls to 
KConfigPrivate::putData() ) is to automatically set the dirty flag. It 
doesn't matter if we're overwritting the entry with the same data.

I'm using KConfig to autosave konqueror sessions. Someone [1] has suggested 
that in order to not save power in notebooks, I shouldn't be writting to disk 
the session if it hasn't changed. The idea is to create my KConfig file with 
SkipDirtyOnIdenticalValues set as WriteConfigFlag, and the problem would be 
solved. This way others with similar needs will benefit from this change too 
=)

I attach a proof of concept patch to see what I mean. Of course in no way 
could this be added to KDE 4.1.

Greetings, 
        Eduardo Robles Elvira.
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[1] See http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162498#c2
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