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    Default Cannot understand program

    Hello!

    I am trying to dissect a program and got stuck with one function:

    Qt Code:
    1. void SerialPortHandler::sendTrackPause()
    2. {
    3. // qDebug() << "sendTrackPause";
    4. QByteArray byteArr;
    5. QDataStream out(&byteArr, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
    6. out << ActionType::Track << TrackType::Pause << '\n';
    7. serial->write(byteArr);
    8. }
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    serial is an object of QSerialPort.
    This function clearly pauses a player.

    But what's going on under the hood?
    For what sake do we need QByteArray and QDataStream?

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    Default Re: Cannot understand program

    The QByteArray is not needed as the QSerialPort is also a QIODevice and the QDataStream could directly write into it.

    Depending on the types of ActionType::Track and TrackType::Pause it the QDataStream might just be used as a convenience wrapper to get multipe byte integered serialized in a specified byte order.

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