Bug 487849

Summary:	Is there any check for QMap creating an item by default when using [] to reference an item?
Product:	[Developer tools] clazy	Reporter:	albrightsteve
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	albrightsteve, smartins
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description albrightsteve 2024-05-31 20:24:57 UTC

If you have a QMap and do if(yourMap[someKey]==someValue) it creates a map item and later on a contains will find it despite the unintentional creation.

Comment 1 albrightsteve 2024-06-03 02:25:59 UTC

I forgot to mention, this violates having const C++ functions too if data members are getting modified.