7 files changed, 16 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qlocale.cpp
index 96b6646c90..a2cf2caec0 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale.cpp
@@ -1124,22 +1124,20 @@ QLocale::NumberOptions QLocale::numberOptions() const
 }
 
 /*!
+  \fn QString QLocale::quoteString(const QString &str, QuotationStyle style) const
+
     \since 4.8
 
     Returns \a str quoted according to the current locale using the given
     quotation \a style.
 */
-QString QLocale::quoteString(const QString &str, QuotationStyle style) const
-{
-    return quoteString(QStringRef(&str), style);
-}
 
 /*!
-    \since 4.8
+    \since 6.0
 
     \overload
 */
-QString QLocale::quoteString(const QStringRef &str, QuotationStyle style) const
+QString QLocale::quoteString(QStringView str, QuotationStyle style) const
 {
 #ifndef QT_NO_SYSTEMLOCALE
     if (d->m_data == systemData()) {
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale.h b/src/corelib/text/qlocale.h
index e501a33764..509e19b4ba 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale.h
@@ -1120,8 +1120,9 @@ public:
     NumberOptions numberOptions() const;
 
     enum QuotationStyle { StandardQuotation, AlternateQuotation };
-    QString quoteString(const QString &str, QuotationStyle style = StandardQuotation) const;
-    QString quoteString(const QStringRef &str, QuotationStyle style = StandardQuotation) const;
+    QString quoteString(const QString &str, QuotationStyle style = StandardQuotation) const
+    { return quoteString(QStringView(str), style); }
+    QString quoteString(QStringView str, QuotationStyle style = StandardQuotation) const;
 
     QString createSeparatedList(const QStringList &strl) const;
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_mac.mm b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_mac.mm
index b1e067a8c2..95c8769096 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_mac.mm
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_mac.mm
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static QString macFormatCurrency(const QSystemLocale::CurrencyToStringArgument &
     return QString::fromCFString(result);
 }
 
-static QVariant macQuoteString(QSystemLocale::QueryType type, const QStringRef &str)
+static QVariant macQuoteString(QSystemLocale::QueryType type, QStringView str)
 {
     QString begin, end;
     QCFType<CFLocaleRef> locale = CFLocaleCopyCurrent();
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant in) const
     }
     case StringToStandardQuotation:
     case StringToAlternateQuotation:
-        return macQuoteString(type, in.value<QStringRef>());
+        return macQuoteString(type, in.value<QStringView>());
     default:
         break;
     }
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_p.h b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_p.h
index 42d434eac4..751e254d53 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_p.h
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ public:
         CurrencyToString, // QString in: qlonglong, qulonglong or double
         Collation, // QString
         UILanguages, // QStringList
-        StringToStandardQuotation, // QString in: QStringRef to quote
-        StringToAlternateQuotation, // QString in: QStringRef to quote
+        StringToStandardQuotation, // QString in: QStringView to quote
+        StringToAlternateQuotation, // QString in: QStringView to quote
         ScriptId, // uint
         ListToSeparatedString, // QString
         LocaleChanged, // system locale changed
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ Q_STATIC_ASSERT(!ascii_isspace(uchar('\377')));
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
-Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QStringRef)
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QStringView)
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QList<Qt::DayOfWeek>)
 #ifndef QT_NO_SYSTEMLOCALE
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QSystemLocale::CurrencyToStringArgument)
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_unix.cpp
index 207331b8ac..51b23f1559 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_unix.cpp
@@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant in) const
         return d->uiLanguages.isEmpty() ? QVariant() : QVariant(d->uiLanguages);
     }
     case StringToStandardQuotation:
-        return lc_messages.quoteString(qvariant_cast<QStringRef>(in));
+        return lc_messages.quoteString(qvariant_cast<QStringView>(in));
     case StringToAlternateQuotation:
-        return lc_messages.quoteString(qvariant_cast<QStringRef>(in), QLocale::AlternateQuotation);
+        return lc_messages.quoteString(qvariant_cast<QStringView>(in), QLocale::AlternateQuotation);
     case ListToSeparatedString:
         return lc_messages.createSeparatedList(in.toStringList());
     case LocaleChanged:
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.cpp
index f9d566ff1a..96f461f773 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidsystemlocale.cpp
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ QVariant QAndroidSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant in) const
         return QString();
     }
     case StringToStandardQuotation:
-        return m_locale.quoteString(in.value<QStringRef>());
+        return m_locale.quoteString(in.value<QStringView>());
     case StringToAlternateQuotation:
-        return m_locale.quoteString(in.value<QStringRef>(), QLocale::AlternateQuotation);
+        return m_locale.quoteString(in.value<QStringView>(), QLocale::AlternateQuotation);
     case ListToSeparatedString:
         return m_locale.createSeparatedList(in.value<QStringList>());
     case LocaleChanged:
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
index 4078805221..073d0548fa 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 #endif
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QLocale::FormatType)
-Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QStringView)
 
 class tst_QLocale : public QObject
 {