Config classes, which intend to be shared between widgets-
and QML-based view-steps, should not tie closely to internals.
None of the ParserStatus methods are used in a meaningful
way (init() can be called by the view step).
initial work done by Nitrux/Camilo Higuita in 2020, reflected in license headers
C++ adjusted to make it build & work
as noted in the inline comments e80618ef1c
there are quite a few errors in the C++, but it builds, runs and shows the correct output
