Binary Compatibility Workarounds

Binary Compatibility Workarounds

This page describes some workarounds for keeping binary compatibility in patch releases.

You should read the KDE reference: http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Binary_Compatibility_Issues_With_C++

Declaring a slot for private classes (d-pointer)

Use a Q_PRIVATE_SLOT:

 class A: public QObject
 {
 Q_OBJECT
 …
 private:
 Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d_func(), void myPrivateSlot())
 };

/* in .cpp file */

 void APrivate::myPrivateSlot() {…}

 #include "moc_a.cpp"

Pitfalls to avoid:

Don't include `a.moc`, but `moc_a.cpp` in your .cpp file

• Q_PRIVATE_SLOT takes the complete signature of the private slot, not just its name