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-rw-r--r--src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp15
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/global/qglobal.h1
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
index 871810e5a3..4ff27f14a8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
@@ -774,6 +774,21 @@ Q_STATIC_ASSERT_X(QT_POINTER_SIZE == sizeof(void *), "QT_POINTER_SIZE defined in
*/
/*!
+ \typedef qssize_t
+ \relates <QtGlobal>
+ \since 5.10
+
+ Integral type providing Posix' \c ssize_t for all platforms.
+
+ This type is guaranteed to be the same size as a \c size_t on all
+ platforms supported by Qt.
+
+ Note that qssize_t is signed. Use \c size_t for unsigned values.
+
+ \sa qptrdiff
+*/
+
+/*!
\enum QtMsgType
\relates <QtGlobal>
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
index 12220e10b5..3dfbf2fb2d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ typedef QIntegerForSize<Q_PROCESSOR_WORDSIZE>::Unsigned qregisteruint;
typedef QIntegerForSizeof<void*>::Unsigned quintptr;
typedef QIntegerForSizeof<void*>::Signed qptrdiff;
typedef qptrdiff qintptr;
+using qssize_t = QIntegerForSizeof<std::size_t>::Signed;
/* moc compats (signals/slots) */
#ifndef QT_MOC_COMPAT