From c0cf3a1d0b4ff74ad43d0489631d4b9582b72d81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ConfuSomu
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 02:13:05 -0500
Subject: Only initialize each QIcon once

---
 src/list_item.cpp | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/list_item.cpp b/src/list_item.cpp
index 6409169..a7fde7e 100644
--- a/src/list_item.cpp
+++ b/src/list_item.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
 #include "types.h"
 
 QIcon* choose_icon(StatusType status_type) {
-    return new QIcon(); // TODO: null icon for the moment
+    // via the use of `static' in the following switch block, the idea is to only initialize each QIcon type once in the program's lifetime.
+
+    switch (status_type) {
+        // TODO: only null icon for the moment
+        default:
+            static QIcon* icon = new QIcon();
+            return icon;
+    }
 }
 
 ListItem::ListItem(const QString &text, StatusType status_type, QListWidget *parent, int index) :
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