Use QVarLengthArray when creating the connectNotify() argument

This gets rid of the heap allocation of the QByteArray.

This change is not needed in Qt5, as there, QMetaMethod is used
as the argument, and therefore there is no need to construct a
SIGNAL-compatible string in memory.

Change-Id: Ie2023aeb99bc8f792d437ec604e9989a5efe456b
Reviewed-by: Alan Alpert <416365416c@gmail.com>

3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeboundsignal.cpp b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeboundsignal.cpp
index d8aeef6fb9..9bccb42bd2 100644
--- a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeboundsignal.cpp
+++ b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeboundsignal.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ QDeclarativeBoundSignal::~QDeclarativeBoundSignal()
 void QDeclarativeBoundSignal::disconnect()
 {
     QObjectPrivate * const priv = QObjectPrivate::get(m_scope);
-    priv->disconnectNotify(QObjectPrivate::signalSignature(m_signal));
+    QVarLengthArray<char> signalSignature;
+    QObjectPrivate::signalSignature(m_signal, &signalSignature);
+    priv->disconnectNotify(signalSignature.constData());
 }
 
 int QDeclarativeBoundSignal::index() const 
diff --git a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativenotifier_p.h b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativenotifier_p.h
index 0e38ec106a..f15efb6883 100644
--- a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativenotifier_p.h
+++ b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativenotifier_p.h
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ void QDeclarativeNotifierEndpoint::disconnect()
             QMetaObject::disconnectOne(s->source, s->sourceSignal, target, targetMethod);
             QObjectPrivate * const priv = QObjectPrivate::get(s->source);
             const QMetaMethod signal = s->source->metaObject()->method(s->sourceSignal);
-            priv->disconnectNotify(QObjectPrivate::signalSignature(signal));
+            QVarLengthArray<char> signalSignature;
+            QObjectPrivate::signalSignature(signal, &signalSignature);
+            priv->disconnectNotify(signalSignature.constData());
             s->source = 0;
         }
     } else if (type == NotifierType) {
diff --git a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeproperty.cpp b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeproperty.cpp
index e6b9775fbb..ce4122a62b 100644
--- a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeproperty.cpp
+++ b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativeproperty.cpp
@@ -1634,7 +1634,9 @@ bool QDeclarativePropertyPrivate::connect(QObject *sender, int signal_index,
 
     const QMetaMethod signal = sender->metaObject()->method(signal_index);
     QObjectPrivate * const senderPriv = QObjectPrivate::get(sender);
-    senderPriv->connectNotify(QObjectPrivate::signalSignature(signal));
+    QVarLengthArray<char> signalSignature;
+    QObjectPrivate::signalSignature(signal, &signalSignature);
+    senderPriv->connectNotify(signalSignature.constData());
 
     return QMetaObject::connect(sender, signal_index, receiver, method_index, type, types);
 }