Use static const QStrings instead of string literals

this avoids allocating memory and unicode conversion over and over again

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/engine/sidechain/enginerecord.cpp b/src/engine/sidechain/enginerecord.cpp
index d63e074bd4..af000ff421 100644
--- a/src/engine/sidechain/enginerecord.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/sidechain/enginerecord.cpp
@@ -109,11 +109,12 @@ bool EngineRecord::metaDataHasChanged()
 void EngineRecord::process(const CSAMPLE* pBuffer, const int iBufferSize) {
 
     float recordingStatus = m_pRecReady->get();
+    static const QString tag("EngineRecord recording");
 
     if (recordingStatus == RECORD_OFF) {
         //qDebug("Setting record flag to: OFF");
         if (fileOpen()) {
-            Event::end("EngineRecord recording");
+            Event::end(tag);
             closeFile();  // Close file and free encoder.
             if (m_bCueIsEnabled) {
                 closeCueFile();
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ void EngineRecord::process(const CSAMPLE* pBuffer, const int iBufferSize) {
         // open a new file.
         updateFromPreferences();  // Update file location from preferences.
         if (openFile()) {
-            Event::start("EngineRecord recording");
+            Event::start(tag);
             qDebug("Setting record flag to: ON");
             m_pRecReady->set(RECORD_ON);
             emit(isRecording(true, false));  // will notify the RecordingManager
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ void EngineRecord::process(const CSAMPLE* pBuffer, const int iBufferSize) {
             }
         } else {  // Maybe the encoder could not be initialized
             qDebug() << "Could not open" << m_fileName << "for writing.";
-            Event::end("EngineRecord recording");
+            Event::end(tag);
             qDebug("Setting record flag to: OFF");
             m_pRecReady->slotSet(RECORD_OFF);
             // An error occurred.
diff --git a/src/engine/sidechain/enginesidechain.cpp b/src/engine/sidechain/enginesidechain.cpp
index 6a88b08e77..eab8c42b1e 100644
--- a/src/engine/sidechain/enginesidechain.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/sidechain/enginesidechain.cpp
@@ -106,16 +106,16 @@ void EngineSideChain::run() {
     // factor this out somehow), -kousu 2/2009
     unsigned static id = 0;
     QThread::currentThread()->setObjectName(QString("EngineSideChain %1").arg(++id));
-
-    Event::start("EngineSideChain");
+    static const QString tag("EngineSideChain");
+    Event::start(tag);
     while (!m_bStopThread) {
         // Sleep until samples are available.
         m_waitLock.lock();
 
-        Event::end("EngineSideChain");
+        Event::end(tag);
         m_waitForSamples.wait(&m_waitLock);
         m_waitLock.unlock();
-        Event::start("EngineSideChain");
+        Event::start(tag);
 
         int samples_read;
         while ((samples_read = m_sampleFifo.read(m_pWorkBuffer,