[maemo-developers] Maemo 5 / C++: libebook or libosso-abook?

[From: Mathias Hasselmann]

Am Mittwoch, den 06.01.2010, 11:11 -0700 schrieb Frédéric Ledain:
> Hi.
> 
> I would like to add/modify/delete contacts via API, using C++ bindings under Freemantle.
> 
> I am confused with the two components: libebook & libosso-abook: which one is recommended to use?

For most trivial tasks libebook is sufficient. If you want to reuse
widgets, or if you want to have Telepathy integration, then you want
to use libosso-abook.

> I have read that liboss-abook is using libebook, and proposes higher
> level of API, but seems not to be able to compile with g++
> (osso-abook-caps.h:104: error: invalid conversion from 'int' to
> 'OssoABookCapsFlags').

Yes, sorry about that. Should be fixed with next update. The package now
has an unit test for checking C++ compliance. That much about C++ being
a superset of C. I'd wish declaring something as “extern "C" { ... }”
would activate some C compliance mode in C++ compilers. :-(

Can we return the C++ product for not being as advertised? :-D

Well, let's get serious again. I'd assume you can temporarily get around
that limitation by deactivating compiler warnings. Maybe -Wno-conversion
works.

> I understand that Qt 4.6 is currently a "technical preview" for Maemo
> 5, and my compilation issue may be caused by that, but then, what
> should I use?

It's libosso-abook which is to blame, not Qt.

Well, but anyway: Use whatever fits your needs: I am the GTK+ guy and
for private projects I'd always evaluate GTK+ or clutter first before
considering Qt - even on Maemo 6! On the other hand Qt 4.6 for Maemo 5
is shaping really nicely: Harry is and his mates are doing an awesome
job. So really just use what's fitting your needs. Being able to chose
is one of Maemo's key features.

Ciao,
Mathias
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