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diff --git a/libopie/pim/ABSTRACT b/libopie/pim/ABSTRACT new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5538d19 --- a/dev/null +++ b/libopie/pim/ABSTRACT @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +What is Opie PIM? Why is it special? +Why do we need Opie PIM? + +The goal of OpiePIM is to be first of all +extendable, light weight, scalable and fast. +For the programmer we try to add a nice but +powerful API to all classes. + +Memory is a costy resource on small and embedded +devices. So we try to keep the memory usage as +low as possible. Never the less we won't use structs +and Pointers in the public API. +The whole pim framework is value based. Internally we try +to use implicit sharing as found in other Qt classes as well. +This makes it possible to give 3rd party devels a nice +API while keeping the memory usage as low as possible. + +We use C++ Templates |