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Type: Epic
Resolution: Unresolved
Priority: Not Evaluated
Fix Version/s: 6.8
Affects Version/s: None
Component/s: Other
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Epic Name:
Windows backend modernization
Platform/s:

Windows
Commits:
a5552379d (dev)
Productboard URL:
https://qt.productboard.com/feature-board/planning/features/874fb5d4-68d7-46ef-9bd1-aa7447fceebc

Description

Currently Windows backends in Qt which are based on WinRT APIs (not Win32) use raw COM pointer functionality. This approach has several drawbacks such as:

Unreadable code and thus high maintenance effort
Inconsistent error handling across modules/backends
Inconsistent use of best practices and thus bugs

By switching over to c++/winrt for these backends most of these issues could be fixed.

Open questions are:

Which backends need to be ported?
What's the effort estimate for the port?
What's the level of support for c++/winrt in other Windows toolchains?
Are there toolchains that do support WinRT APIs but do not support c++/winrt? Thus: Would we lose functionality?

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1.	Windows c++ toolchain functionality check		Reported	Oliver Wolff
2.	Check c++/winrt porting effort for "raw COM" backends		Reported	Oliver Wolff

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Assignee:: Oliver Wolff

Reporter:: Oliver Wolff

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Dates

Created:: 09 Jan '24 10:08

Updated:: 13 Sep '24 07:47

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