Hints to design threaded serial-reader/writer interface ?

[anda_skoa]

I know that the proper way to do this is with threads. I did another very similar project but in Java, which was easier for me thanks to a more complete API.

Java is a bad example in this context, because it lacked asynchronous I/O for a long time and a lot if its APIs are still blocking by default.

Qt, on the other hand, is primarily designed to be non-blocking, I/O being handled asynchronously (operation returning immediately, results being signalled).

If you really must increase the complexity of your program then the approach suggested by stampede is usually the way to go.
It allows everything to be tested with a single thread, etc.

Cheers,
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[oldFox64]

Now I discover that QBuffer's aren't usable for my case, as they only "grow" and don't remove data when they are been read.

Which data structure should I use as a buffer if I want the buffer removes the data that has been read ?

Something like this:

[anda_skoa]

Doesn't the internal buffer of the QIODevice already do that?

Cheers,
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