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		qompiler on April 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JetBrains is working on a cross-platform C++ IDE I would have agreed with you if Qt used something like the #pragma directive. Alas, they decided to inject keywords inside of the standard language which breaks every C++ compiler.

mpyne on April 3, 2013 [–]

then... turn off the keywords?

Every Qt "keyword" you talk about can be disabled with a fallback to namespaced macros.

foreach -> Q_FOREACH slots: -> Q_SLOTS

etc.

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