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diff --git a/sources/shiboken2/doc/typesystem_specifying_types.rst b/sources/shiboken2/doc/typesystem_specifying_types.rst index 221519541..3b40ef236 100644 --- a/sources/shiboken2/doc/typesystem_specifying_types.rst +++ b/sources/shiboken2/doc/typesystem_specifying_types.rst @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ primitive-type target-name="..." default-constructor="..." preferred-conversion="yes | no" /> + view-on="..." </typesystem> The **name** attribute is the name of the primitive in C++, the optional, @@ -139,6 +140,13 @@ primitive-type used only for classes declared as primitive types and not for primitive C++ types, but that depends on the application using *ApiExtractor*. + The *optional* **view-on** attribute specifies that the type is a view + class like std::string_view or QStringView which has a constructor + accepting another type like std::string or QString. Since typically + no values can be assigned to view classes, no target-to-native conversion + can be generated for them. Instead, an instance of the viewed class should + be instantiated and passed to functions using the view class + for argument types. .. _namespace: |