#include <QTime>
#include <QDebug>
#include <QByteArray>
#include <string.h>

int main()
{
    static const char message[] =
        "This is the message that is copied around "
        "and around. The whole point is that I will "
        "create a QByteArray object or a const char* "
        "to hold this, then copy it, then delete it.\n"
        "No more, no less";
    static const int len = sizeof message;
    QTime timer;

    timer.start();
    for (int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i) {
        char *ptr = new char[len];
        memcpy(ptr, message, len);
        delete[] ptr;
    }
    qDebug() << timer.elapsed();

    timer.start();
    for (int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i) {
        QByteArray array(message, len - 1);
    }
    qDebug() << timer.elapsed();
}