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Implicit Sharing - Video
Qt Container in Qt 5 and Qt 6
2 November 2022
All Qt containers have a specific feature: they are "implicitly shared", also known as "copy on write". What does that mean exactly? What are the advantages for developers who use these containers? Are there any downsides?
This video will (hopefully) answer all of your questions!
Links:
* Video about the 'but' syndrome: "The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of "But Sometimes!"": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiYO1TObNz8
* QWAM episode and interview about "Understanding qAsConst / std::as_const": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CM45D0QBfc
* Video about "Clazy - An open source Clang plugin allowing it to understand Qt semantics": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXhWbP0vfzw&list=PL6CJYn40gN6jVzEv9MCklItl4tfqjQTQ7
* GitHub link to Clazy: https://github.com/KDE/clazy
* Blog post to read in advance to the next part: https://www.kdab.com/blog-qasconst-and-stdas_const/
All Qt Container in Qt 5 and Qt 6 videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6jrZFWcB1HK5cJ_nvViBuRu
All Qt Widgets and More videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6gf-G-o6syFwGrtq3kItEqI