Now let's try out a few new language features...

Rvalue refs, move ctor, =delete, range-for, auto, std:vector<>::emplace_back()

There are also performance improvements from eliminating an indirection and
using move of strings instead of copy.

src/AboutDialog.cpp

@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ hold information about one contributor to Audacity.
 #include "ShuttleGui.h"
 #include "widgets/LinkingHtmlWindow.h"
 
-#include <wx/listimpl.cpp>
-WX_DEFINE_LIST(AboutDialogCreditItemsList);
-
 #include "Theme.h"
 #include "AllThemeResources.h"
 
@@ -209,7 +206,6 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(wxWindow * parent)
 
 void AboutDialog::PopulateAudacityPage( ShuttleGui & S )
 {
-   creditItems.DeleteContents(true); // Switch on automatic deletion of list items.
    CreateCreditsList();
 
    wxString par1Str = _(
@@ -866,24 +862,20 @@ wxT("POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.\n");
    S.EndNotebookPage();
 }
 
-void AboutDialog::AddCredit(const wxString& description, Role role)
+void AboutDialog::AddCredit(wxString &&description, Role role)
 {
-   AboutDialogCreditItem* item = new AboutDialogCreditItem();
+   creditItems.emplace_back(std::move(description), role);
-   item->description = description;
-   item->role = role;
-   creditItems.Append(item);
 }
 
 wxString AboutDialog::GetCreditsByRole(AboutDialog::Role role)
 {
    wxString s;
 
-   for (AboutDialogCreditItemsList::compatibility_iterator p=creditItems.GetFirst(); p; p = p->GetNext())
+   for (const auto &item : creditItems)
    {
-      AboutDialogCreditItem* item = p->GetData();
+      if (item.role == role)
-      if (item->role == role)
       {
-         s += item->description;
+         s += item.description;
          s += wxT("<br>");
       }
    }

src/AboutDialog.h

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #ifndef __AUDACITY_ABOUT_DLG__
 #define __AUDACITY_ABOUT_DLG__
 
+#include <vector>
 #include <wx/dialog.h>
 #include <wx/sizer.h>
 #include <wx/statbmp.h>
@@ -21,9 +22,26 @@ class ShuttleGui;
 struct AboutDialogCreditItem {
    wxString description;
    int role;
+
+   AboutDialogCreditItem(wxString &&description_, int role_)
+      : description(description_), role(role_)
+   {}
+
+   // No copy
+   AboutDialogCreditItem(const AboutDialogCreditItem&) = delete;
+   AboutDialogCreditItem& operator= (const AboutDialogCreditItem&) = delete;
+
+   // Move constructor, because wxString lacks one
+   AboutDialogCreditItem(AboutDialogCreditItem &&moveMe)
+      : role(moveMe.role)
+   {
+      description.swap(moveMe.description);
+   }
+
+   ~AboutDialogCreditItem() {}
 };
 
-WX_DECLARE_LIST(AboutDialogCreditItem, AboutDialogCreditItemsList);
+using AboutDialogCreditItemsList = std::vector<AboutDialogCreditItem>;
 
 class AboutDialog:public wxDialog {
    DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(AboutDialog)
@@ -57,7 +75,7 @@ class AboutDialog:public wxDialog {
    void PopulateInformationPage (ShuttleGui & S );
 
    void CreateCreditsList();
-   void AddCredit(const wxString& description, Role role);
+   void AddCredit(wxString &&description, Role role);
    wxString GetCreditsByRole(AboutDialog::Role role);
 
    void AddBuildinfoRow( wxString* htmlstring, const wxChar * libname, const wxChar * libdesc, wxString status);