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  • J J.Hilk
    15 Mar 2019, 15:36

    @aha_1980
    ohho, where to start ?

    Let me list the 2 major ones, why I turned the plugin of by default on my working pc.

    1. speed
    • Classes with large line count ( could thousand < 15000 in my case ) Slow down horribly. Auto complete, ctrl-left-click etc can take up about 30 secs to happen. -> Meanwhile Clang backend process takes up 1 core to 100% load (noticed on a 2016 iMac) - Completely disappears with a deactivation of the plugin
    1. Auto complete is worse with the new code model
    • Especially noticeable during QObject::connect writing. In the old model, writing a &would call forth the auto complete of the correct class name - connect(this, &...) - where as with the new model all included classes are listed
    • The new code model also does not differentiate between signals and slot during the auto complete, and simply lists everything
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    koahnig
    wrote on 15 Mar 2019, 16:04 last edited by
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    @J.Hilk @aha_1980

    Speed and blocked cores are certainly a problem.

    Therefore, it would be handy to have a fast switch for the code model. Basically a definable key stroke for de- and activation would be great. If there a time limit for either settings would be wonderful.
    Or is the key stroke already possible with some macro?

    Vote the answer(s) that helped you to solve your issue(s)

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      15 Mar 2019, 16:04

      @J.Hilk @aha_1980

      Speed and blocked cores are certainly a problem.

      Therefore, it would be handy to have a fast switch for the code model. Basically a definable key stroke for de- and activation would be great. If there a time limit for either settings would be wonderful.
      Or is the key stroke already possible with some macro?

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      aha_1980
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      wrote on 15 Mar 2019, 16:38 last edited by
      #6

      @koahnig

      I've already created QTCREATORBUG-21407 for that, so please comment and vote there.

      For me, that would really be helpful as I have some projects that definitely not work with Clang.

      My other observation is, that Clang overall works better and faster on Linux than in Windows. However, with every Creator update some of my projects break in one or another use case and it's no fun finding the reason for that again and again.

      Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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        wrote on 22 Mar 2019, 09:51 last edited by J.Hilk
        #7

        One more for the list, turning clang code model off helped here as well

        https://forum.qt.io/topic/100408/qt-creator-strange-behaviour-how-to-fix-it/10


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          rudag
          wrote on 4 Apr 2019, 12:30 last edited by
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          I had the same problem as this one:

          https://forum.qt.io/topic/74385/qt-creator-autocomplete-not-updating-for-new-ui-widgets-until-re-compile/4

          And I solved it by turning clang code model off.

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          • R rudag
            4 Apr 2019, 12:30

            I had the same problem as this one:

            https://forum.qt.io/topic/74385/qt-creator-autocomplete-not-updating-for-new-ui-widgets-until-re-compile/4

            And I solved it by turning clang code model off.

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            wrote on 4 Apr 2019, 17:02 last edited by
            #9

            Hi @rudag, thanks for your comment.

            I think this specific bug has been fixed recently. Which version did you try?

            Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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            • A aha_1980
              4 Apr 2019, 17:02

              Hi @rudag, thanks for your comment.

              I think this specific bug has been fixed recently. Which version did you try?

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              rudag
              wrote on 8 Apr 2019, 12:47 last edited by
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              @aha_1980

              4.8.2 (4.8.0)
              I just updated Qt Creator

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                Maxxii
                wrote on 13 Apr 2019, 21:22 last edited by
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                I had issue with autocompetion of inherited function parameters here:
                https://forum.qt.io/topic/101748/autocompletion-doesn-t-suggest-function-parameters-inherited-from-parent-class

                And it is solved by turning off clang code model.

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                • M Maxxii
                  13 Apr 2019, 21:22

                  I had issue with autocompetion of inherited function parameters here:
                  https://forum.qt.io/topic/101748/autocompletion-doesn-t-suggest-function-parameters-inherited-from-parent-class

                  And it is solved by turning off clang code model.

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                  wrote on 15 Apr 2019, 07:42 last edited by
                  #12

                  Hi @Maxxii,

                  thanks for adding your problem here. I think your specific problem can be turned in a report at bugreports.qt.io - as we already have a reproducible example. Would you mind doing that? (and adding a link here?)

                  Thanks!

                  Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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                    Maxxii
                    wrote on 15 Apr 2019, 15:42 last edited by
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                    @aha_1980 Actually, I made a bug report even before making that thread ;) And then decided to ask on forums to be sure. It's here. I also added comment to this bug, noticing it is solved by turning off clang code model.

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                      aha_1980
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                      wrote on 27 Apr 2019, 09:55 last edited by
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                      https://forum.qt.io/topic/102198/many-incomprehensible-errors looks like another candidate...

                      Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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                        aha_1980
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                        wrote on 30 Apr 2019, 03:51 last edited by
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                        https://forum.qt.io/topic/102266/autocomplete-on-a-hello-world-basic-project-doesn-t-works/4

                        Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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                          aha_1980
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                          wrote on 1 May 2019, 05:02 last edited by
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                          https://forum.qt.io/topic/102272/using-qt-project-code-with-earlier-versions/10 also looks like a candidate

                          Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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                            aha_1980
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                            wrote on 20 May 2019, 17:31 last edited by
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                            And another one: https://forum.qt.io/topic/102999/strange-variable-has-incomplete-type-and-forward-declaration-of-qapplication-issues

                            Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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                              wrote on 21 May 2019, 05:00 last edited by
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                              And one more: https://forum.qt.io/topic/103006/linux-qtcreator-and-qt5-9-6-compiling-gnu-c-libraries

                              Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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                              • A aha_1980
                                20 May 2019, 17:31

                                And another one: https://forum.qt.io/topic/102999/strange-variable-has-incomplete-type-and-forward-declaration-of-qapplication-issues

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                                J.Hilk
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                                wrote on 21 May 2019, 05:08 last edited by
                                #19

                                @aha_1980

                                And another one: https://forum.qt.io/topic/102999/strange-variable-has-incomplete-type-and-forward-declaration-of-qapplication-issues

                                oh! I run into that as well, didn't think about turning off the code model as potential solution.

                                I ended up forwarding a class instance pointer several levels up in the hierarchy ....

                                This is stupid.


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                                • J J.Hilk
                                  21 May 2019, 05:08

                                  @aha_1980

                                  And another one: https://forum.qt.io/topic/102999/strange-variable-has-incomplete-type-and-forward-declaration-of-qapplication-issues

                                  oh! I run into that as well, didn't think about turning off the code model as potential solution.

                                  I ended up forwarding a class instance pointer several levels up in the hierarchy ....

                                  This is stupid.

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                                  aha_1980
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                                  wrote on 21 May 2019, 05:19 last edited by
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                                  Hi @J.Hilk,

                                  oh! I run into that as well, didn't think about turning off the code model as potential solution.

                                  Well I don't think turning off the code model is a solution. But most of these problems collected here have in common, that Clang has parse problems in a header which then propagate in every file that is including the header.

                                  Tracking down these problems, however, is a tedious task.

                                  Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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                                    aha_1980
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                                    wrote on 21 May 2019, 12:53 last edited by
                                    #21

                                    https://forum.qt.io/topic/103030/qt-creator-4-9-0-can-t-disable-line-annotations-ignores-option

                                    Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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                                    • A aha_1980
                                      21 May 2019, 12:53

                                      https://forum.qt.io/topic/103030/qt-creator-4-9-0-can-t-disable-line-annotations-ignores-option

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                                      wrote on 7 Oct 2019, 04:08 last edited by
                                      #22

                                      probably https://forum.qt.io/topic/107498/code-completion-is-not-working-in-qtcreator too

                                      Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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                                        A.A.SEZEN
                                        wrote on 7 Oct 2019, 04:48 last edited by
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                                        probably
                                        https://forum.qt.io/topic/107332/undeclared-i̇dentifier-ve-auto-complete-problemi/2
                                        too.

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                                          rsacchettini
                                          wrote on 28 Jan 2020, 03:03 last edited by
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                                          Hitting a similar issue in Qtcreatorv4.11.0 on linux x64 ubuntu18 lts with CMAKE and gcc or clang btw, the symbols parsing i.e. finding functions or type definitions does not work :

                                          1. does not work at all if not starting qtCreator in the actual CMAKE project source directory
                                          2. Always stops working regardless after a few minutes to about 1hours, requires a restart of Qtcreator after which it usually works again.

                                          Make me hate trying to convince my colleagues to migrate from Eclipse to QtCreator, I was always telling them how much more usable and snappy QtCreator is but a bug like this is not a small bug and not a good look to my colleagues currently trying it.

                                          Regards

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