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What d_ptr and q_ptr stand for?

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What d_ptr and q_ptr stand for exactly those can be found in many other qt source files(e.g. qobject.cpp)?
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Hi!

These are pointers used to implement the "Pimpl idiom" (= pointer to implementation idiom). See "Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opaque_pointer

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Thank you, Wieland. ;)
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