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Diffstat (limited to 'dist/changes-5.0.0')
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1 files changed, 99 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/dist/changes-5.0.0 b/dist/changes-5.0.0 index e8709430d6..fc5bebd11d 100644 --- a/dist/changes-5.0.0 +++ b/dist/changes-5.0.0 @@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ information about a particular change. - Qt::escape() is deprecated (but can be enabled via QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE), use QString::toHtmlEscaped() instead. +- QBool is gone. QString::contains, QByteArray::contains, and QList::contains + used to return an internal QBool class so that the Qt3 code + "if (a.contains() == 2)" wouldn't compile anymore. Such code cannot exist + in Qt4, so these methods return a bool now. If your code used the undocumented + QBool, simply replace it with bool. + - QMetaType::construct() has been renamed to QMetaType::create(). - QTestLib: @@ -96,6 +102,9 @@ information about a particular change. - QSound has been moved from QtGui to QtMultimedia +- QTabletEvent::QTabletEvent does not take a hiResGlobalPos argument anymore, + as all coordinates are floating point based now. + - QTouchEvent: * The DeviceType enum and deviceType() have been deprecated due to @@ -111,6 +120,16 @@ information about a particular change. * QWidget *widget() has been removed and is replaced by QObject *target() in order to avoid QWidget dependencies. +- QMetaType + + * It is no longer possible to use Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Foo*) where Foo is only + forward declared - it must be fully defined. + +- QItemEditorFactory + + * The signature of the createEditor and valuePropertyName methods + have been changed to take arguments of type int instead of QVariant::Type. + - QWindowSystemInterface: * The signature of all handleTouchEvent() variants have changed, @@ -157,6 +176,29 @@ information about a particular change. - QTcpServer::incomingConnection() now takes a qintptr instead of an int. +- QNetworkConfiguration::bearerName() removed, and bearerTypeName() should be used. + +- QDir::convertSeparators() (deprecated since Qt 4.2) has been removed. Use + QDir::toNativeSeparators() instead. + +- QIconEngineV2 was merged into QIconEngine + You might need to adjust your code if it used a QIconEngine. + +- qmake + * several functions and built-in variables were modified to return normalized paths. + +- QTextCodecPlugin has been removed since it is no longer used. All text codecs + are now built into QtCore. + +- QDir::NoDotAndDotDot is QDir::NoDot|QDir::NoDotDot therefore there is no need + to use or check both. + +- QLocale + * toShort(), toUShort(), toInt(), toUInt(), toLongLong() and toULongLong() no + longer take a parameter for base, they will only perform localised base 10 + conversions. For converting other bases use the QString methods instead. + +- QSystemLocale has been removed from the public API. **************************************************************************** * General * @@ -200,6 +242,39 @@ QtCore altering the watchlist in both the singular and QStringList overloads of addPath and removePath. +* QString::mid, QString::midRef and QByteArray::mid, if the position passed + is equal to the length (that is, right after the last character/byte), + now return an empty QString, QStringRef or QByteArray respectively. + in Qt 4 they returned a null QString or a null QStringRef. + +* QString methods toLongLong(), toULongLong(), toLong(), toULong(), toInt(), + toUInt(), toShort(), toUShort(), toDouble(), and toFloat() no longer use the + default or system locale, they will always use the C locale. This is to + guarantee consistent default conversion of strings. For locale-aware conversions + use the equivalent QLocale methods. + +* QDate, QTime, and QDateTime have undergone important behavioural changes: + * QDate only implements the Gregorian calendar, the switch to the Julian + calendar before 1582 has been removed. This means all QDate methods will + return different results for dates prior to 15 October 1582, and there is + no longer a gap between 4 October 1582 and 15 October 1582. + * QDate::setYMD() is deprecated, use QDate::setDate() instead + * Most methods now apply strict validity checks and will return appropriate + and consistent values when invalid. For example, QDate::year() will return + 0 and QDate::shortMonthName() will return QString(). + * Adding days to a null QDate or seconds to a null QTime will no longer return + a valid QDate/QTime. + * QDate stores the Julian Day as a qint64 extending date support across a + more interesting range, see the class documentation for details. + * Conversion to YMD form dates is only accurate between to 4800 BCE to + 1.4 million CE + * The QDate::addDays() and QDateTime::addDays() methods now take a qint64 + * The QDate::daysTo() and QDateTime::daysTo() methods now return a qint64 + + +* QIntValidator and QDoubleValidator no longer fall back to using the C locale if + the requested locale fails to validate the input. + QtGui ----- * Accessibility has been refactored. The hierachy of accessible objects is implemented via @@ -212,9 +287,21 @@ QtGui QtWidgets --------- -* QWidget::setInputContext() and QApplication::setInputContext() are removed. +* QInputContext removed as well as related getters and setters on QWidget and QApplication. Input contexts are now platform specific. +* QInputDialog::getInteger() has been obsoleted. Use QInputDialog::getInt() instead. + +* In Qt 4, many QStyleOption subclasses were introduced in order to keep + binary compatibility -- QStyleOption was designed to be extended this way, + in fact it embeds a version number. In Qt 5 the various QStyleOption*V{2,3,4} + classes have been removed, and their members merged into the respective + base classes. Those classes were left as typedefs to keep existing code + working. Still, some minor adjustements could be necessary, especially in code + that uses QStyleOption directly and does not initialize all the members using + the proper Qt API: due to the version bump, QStyle will try to use the additional + QStyleOption members, which are left default-initialized. + QtNetwork --------- * QHostAddress::isLoopback() API added. Returns true if the address is @@ -288,6 +375,9 @@ Qt for Windows CE - Assistant - Designer + * [QTBUG-8926] [QTBUG-20440] Properties of type QStringList now have + translation attributes which apply to all items. + They are by default translatable. - Linguist @@ -321,7 +411,7 @@ Qt for Windows CE **************************************************************************** * Plugins * **************************************************************************** - +- The text codecs that were previously plugins are now built into QtCore. **************************************************************************** * Important Behavior Changes * @@ -345,3 +435,10 @@ Qt for Windows CE construction would not be affected by the QPointer, but now that QPointer is implemented using QWeakPoiner, constructing the QSharedPointer will cause an abort(). + + +- QMessageBox + + * The static function QMessageBox::question has changed the default argument + for buttons. Before the default was to have an Ok button. That is changed + to having a yes and a no button. |