> On July 23, 2013, 9:42 a.m., Kevin Ottens wrote:
> > staging/kio/src/core/authinfo.h, line 375
> > <http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/111636/diff/1/?file=172717#file172717line375>
> >
> >     Should be "const QString &"
> 
> David Gil Oliva wrote:
>     I think you didn't notice something important: the variable line gets 
> modified in the method, so no const possible :-)
>     
>     Passing the variables by value was intentional because that way the 
> parsing done inside the method doesn't disturb the parsing done outside.
> 
> Kevin Ottens wrote:
>     Well, it means introducing a local variable obviously.
> 
> David Gil Oliva wrote:
>     Maybe it's because I don't have much experience programming, but I don't 
> think it's so obvious. 
>     
>     AFAIK, it's not mandatory to pass variables by const reference. Perhaps 
> the key question is what's the difference between, on the one hand, passing a 
> variable by const reference and create a local variable and, on the other 
> hand, simply passing it by value. I really need some reason (be it style or 
> clarity or performance or anything else) to be convinced that your proposal 
> is better than mine. Otherwise, I can't understand the problem :-)
> 
> Kevin Ottens wrote:
>     It's a coding style issue really (that's what the kdelibs style mandates).
>     
>     It's generally better performance wise ("avoid premature pessimization"), 
> although in this case it'll be the same performance wise. Still it has the 
> advantage IMO of making the copy explicit and not implicit.

Using a const QString & here is mostly to silence static code checkers (like 
"krazy").


- David


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On July 21, 2013, 11:41 p.m., David Gil Oliva wrote:
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> (Updated July 21, 2013, 11:41 p.m.)
> 
> 
> Review request for KDE Frameworks.
> 
> 
> Description
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> 
> Port away from kde_file.h in AuthInfo (KIO)
> 
> I have tried not to touch much code, but I finally rewrote some parts to make 
> them easier to understand.
> 
> 
> Diffs
> -----
> 
>   staging/kio/src/core/authinfo.h d6415b2f2e9ccec7c3e046f569fb44dbbc879d6b 
>   staging/kio/src/core/authinfo.cpp 65ebacf84e989f19f1b896c596a6b24185c67447 
> 
> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/111636/diff/
> 
> 
> Testing
> -------
> 
> It builds. I have tested the part of the code not related to loginMap with a 
> little program and .netrc sample files, to check whether it correctly parses 
> the information.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David Gil Oliva
> 
>

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