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diff --git a/doc/typesystem_specifying_types.rst b/doc/typesystem_specifying_types.rst index 68b85f5f9..66536cf71 100644 --- a/doc/typesystem_specifying_types.rst +++ b/doc/typesystem_specifying_types.rst @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ primitive-type <primitive-type name="..." since="..." target-name="..." + default-constructor="..." preferred-conversion="yes | no" /> </typesystem> @@ -93,6 +94,13 @@ primitive-type and "long long" become "long" but we should prefer the "qint64" version. For this reason we mark "long long" with preferred-conversion="no". + The *optional* **preferred-conversion** attribute tells how to build a default + instance of the primitive type. It should be a constructor call capable of + creating a instance of the primitive type. Example: a class "Foo" could have + a **preferred-conversion** value set to "Foo()". Usually this attribute is + used only for classes declared as primitive types and not for primitive C++ + types, but that depends on the application using *ApiExtractor*. + .. _namespace: |