How usable is Qt without its preprocessing step?

Question

I think it\'s unreasonable for a library to require preprocessing of my source code with a special tool. That said, several people have recommended the Qt library to me for cros

Answer 1

It's completely usable now. The maintainer of moc has made an alternative with slightly more verbose syntax than ordinary Qt, but it uses standard C++14 so there's no extra step.

It's called 'Verdigris'

(as an aside, moc isn't really a preprocessing step so much as a code generator. The code you write is valid C++, and moc doesn't change any of it. It just generates extra C++ code for you.)