Marble/GeoData/PointerVsImplicitShare

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Implicit sharing and storing objects as value is very reasonable for basic data as QStrings, but there are reasonable doubts regarding Placemarks and other GeoData. There are some possibilities:

  • Don't use implicit sharing at all and store all objects on the heap with a pointer to it.
  • Use implicit sharing and storing as value for GeoDataCoordinates only.
  • Use implicit sharing and storing as value for all GeoData classes.

To find out which is the wisest I try to look at every single class: