uic: Fix empty strings for Python

Introduce a constant in the language namespace.

Fixes: PYSIDE-1174
Change-Id: Ic3e58580b20c1d9a6ddf97f20709a3046d4b6f0c
Reviewed-by: Cristian Maureira-Fredes <cristian.maureira-fredes@qt.io>

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/tools/uic/shared/language.cpp b/src/tools/uic/shared/language.cpp
index 235a8ed2fc..987d51e30c 100644
--- a/src/tools/uic/shared/language.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/uic/shared/language.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ void setLanguage(Language l)
         qualifier = QLatin1String("::");
         self = QLatin1String("");  // for testing: change to "this->";
         eol = QLatin1String(";\n");
+        emptyString = QLatin1String("QString()");
         encoding = Encoding::Utf8;
         break;
     case Language::Python:
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ void setLanguage(Language l)
         qualifier = QLatin1String(".");
         self = QLatin1String("self.");
         eol = QLatin1String("\n");
+        emptyString = QLatin1String("\"\"");
         encoding = Encoding::Unicode;
         break;
     }
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ QString qtQualifier;
 QString qualifier;
 QString self;
 QString eol;
+QString emptyString;
 
 QString cppQualifier = QLatin1String("::");
 QString cppTrue = QLatin1String("true");
diff --git a/src/tools/uic/shared/language.h b/src/tools/uic/shared/language.h
index fc8af9715b..7b019ec8fc 100644
--- a/src/tools/uic/shared/language.h
+++ b/src/tools/uic/shared/language.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ extern QString qtQualifier;
 extern QString qualifier;
 extern QString self;
 extern QString eol;
+extern QString emptyString;
 
 extern QString cppQualifier;
 extern QString cppTrue;