I am wondering why Qt uses Q before every class name rather than putting everything in a namespace. Is there any particular reason, such as making the names easy to search for, or is it just about brand names?
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I am wondering why Qt uses Q before every class name rather than putting everything in a namespace. Is there any particular reason, such as making the names easy to search for, or is it just about brand names?
I believe it is historical. Namespaces were introduced into C++ around 1995. Qt development started in 1991 so namespaces could not be used, obviously.