1 files changed, 16 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale.h b/src/corelib/text/qlocale.h
index c1c3bd396b..45e39aa60d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale.h
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ public:
     Q_FLAG(DataSizeFormats)
 
     QLocale();
-    QLocale(const QString &name);
+    explicit QLocale(const QString &name);
     QLocale(Language language, Country country = AnyCountry);
     QLocale(Language language, Script script, Country country);
     QLocale(const QLocale &other);
@@ -1007,22 +1007,22 @@ public:
     inline QString toString(float i, char f = 'g', int prec = 6) const;
 
 #if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
-    QString toString(const QDate &date, const QString &formatStr) const;
-    QString toString(const QTime &time, const QString &formatStr) const;
+    QString toString(QDate date, const QString &formatStr) const;
+    QString toString(QTime time, const QString &formatStr) const;
     QString toString(const QDateTime &dateTime, const QString &format) const;
 #endif
-    QString toString(const QDate &date, QStringView formatStr) const;
-    QString toString(const QTime &time, QStringView formatStr) const;
+    QString toString(QDate date, QStringView formatStr) const;
+    QString toString(QTime time, QStringView formatStr) const;
     QString toString(const QDateTime &dateTime, QStringView format) const;
-    QString toString(const QDate &date, FormatType format = LongFormat) const;
-    QString toString(const QTime &time, FormatType format = LongFormat) const;
+    QString toString(QDate date, FormatType format = LongFormat) const;
+    QString toString(QTime time, FormatType format = LongFormat) const;
     QString toString(const QDateTime &dateTime, FormatType format = LongFormat) const;
     /* Removing default value for `format' is done intentionally,
      * after all tests we will remove non-calendar-aware version of these functions,
      * and add a default value for both calendar instance, and format
      */
-    QString toString(const QDate &date, QStringView formatStr, QCalendar cal) const;
-    QString toString(const QDate &date, FormatType format, QCalendar cal) const;
+    QString toString(QDate date, QStringView formatStr, QCalendar cal) const;
+    QString toString(QDate date, FormatType format, QCalendar cal) const;
     QString toString(const QDateTime &dateTime, FormatType format, QCalendar cal) const;
     QString toString(const QDateTime &dateTime, QStringView formatStr, QCalendar cal) const;
 
@@ -1049,15 +1049,13 @@ public:
 # endif // 5.15
 #endif
 
-    // ### Qt 6: We need to return QString from these function since
-    //           UTF-16 may need surrogate pairs to represent these fields.
-    QChar decimalPoint() const;
-    QChar groupSeparator() const;
-    QChar percent() const;
-    QChar zeroDigit() const;
-    QChar negativeSign() const;
-    QChar positiveSign() const;
-    QChar exponential() const;
+    QString decimalPoint() const;
+    QString groupSeparator() const;
+    QString percent() const;
+    QString zeroDigit() const;
+    QString negativeSign() const;
+    QString positiveSign() const;
+    QString exponential() const;
 
     QString monthName(int, FormatType format = LongFormat) const;
     QString standaloneMonthName(int, FormatType format = LongFormat) const;