Qt makes heavy use of the PIMPL idiom in their development process: https://wiki.qt.io/D-Pointer As I've read here: "The name 'd-pointer' stems from Trolltech's Arnt Gulbrandsen, who first introdu...

What is the best way to use QExplicitlySharedPointer and inherited classes. I would like when the BaseClass exits on it's own to have a my d pointer be QExplicitlySharedPointer<BaseClassPrivate&...

Will adding new member function into d pointer class definition break binary compatibility? For example, will the new definition below break binary compatibility compared to the original? (side qu...