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      2beers last edited by

      hi everyone. I just read the the following post on the labs blog about qt modules. I currently started an application that is based on a large proportion on qtscript. however I see this today:

      bq. # QtScript
      Overall module state: Active/Maintained
      QScriptEngineAgent and related classes
      State: Deprecated
      Reasoning: flawed design, being replaced by a better design.

      So what do you recommend me? To wait for a better implementation, is this gone be 100% change, or only small changes that will not be so hard to port my application to future versions of qt.

      Thanks in advance

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        tobias.hunger last edited by

        Do you use the QScriptEngineAgent class? That is the one that is deprecated (as I read the text you pasted). The rest of QtScript is active and maintained.

        What exactly are you afraid of?

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          andre last edited by

          Just for reference: "this":http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/05/12/qt-modules-maturity-level-the-list/ is the blog posting that is being referenced.

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            kidproquo last edited by

            The list is also now on the "wiki":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/Qt_Modules_Maturity_Level

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              2beers last edited by

              I'm using "scriptUnload()":http://doc.trolltech.com/main-snapshot/qscriptengineagent.html#scriptUnload

              I'm not afraid, but I'm currently in the begining stage with my project and I'm 100% sure I want to port it to qt 5 when will be ready. That's why I asked?

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                andre last edited by

                QtScript itself is not, and certainly will not be, depreciated. It is a core part of Qt, and needed for QML. If anything, you can expect it to get more love than it used to get. In Qt5, it will be based of the V8 engine, bringing big performance gains.

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                  jacmoe last edited by

                  QtScript will indeed be deprecated, according to the status of the V8 port: it was abandoned because QtScript exposes too much for it to be feasible to be powered by V8.
                  The successor will be minimal and focus on QML.

                  At least that's what this says:
                  "QTBUG-12503: Evaluate the technical feasibility of using V8 for Qt Script":https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-12503

                  bq. The conclusion is that it's not feasible. Qt 5 will use Google's V8 JavaScript engine, but the existing QtScript API is not a viable abstraction layer for it. QtScript simply exposes too many implementation details to be reasonably supported on top of V8 (without heavy forking).

                  bq. The intent is to introduce a new, minimal Qt/C++ scripting API on top of V8 for Qt 5 that's focused on serving QML/JS integration.

                  I am posting this comment for the benefit of other who, like me, found this topic from a Google search. :)

                  Less noise - more signal

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                    chuckshaw last edited by

                    Checkout Qt5's QJSEngine. Scripting is not only for QML.

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