7 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp
index cb89fccc2d..59794a5a06 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp
@@ -648,9 +648,8 @@ void QAccessible::setRootObject(QObject *object)
 void QAccessible::updateAccessibility(QObject *object, int child, Event reason)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(object);
-
-    QAccessibleEvent event = QAccessibleEvent(reason, object, child);
-    updateAccessibility(event);
+    QAccessibleEvent ev(reason, object, child);
+    updateAccessibility(&ev);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -672,7 +671,7 @@ void QAccessible::updateAccessibility(QObject *object, int child, Event reason)
   the parameters of the call is expensive you can test isActive() to
   avoid unnecessary computations.
 */
-void QAccessible::updateAccessibility(const QAccessibleEvent &event)
+void QAccessible::updateAccessibility(QAccessibleEvent *event)
 {
     if (updateHandler) {
         updateHandler(event);
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h
index e8a5cf8bad..ffdd3fe7ce 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.h
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ public:
     };
 
     typedef QAccessibleInterface*(*InterfaceFactory)(const QString &key, QObject*);
-    typedef void(*UpdateHandler)(const QAccessibleEvent &event);
+    typedef void(*UpdateHandler)(QAccessibleEvent *event);
     typedef void(*RootObjectHandler)(QObject*);
 
     static void installFactory(InterfaceFactory);
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ public:
     static QAccessibleInterface *queryAccessibleInterface(QObject *);
 
     QT_DEPRECATED static void updateAccessibility(QObject *object, int child, Event reason);
-    static void updateAccessibility(const QAccessibleEvent &event);
+    static void updateAccessibility(QAccessibleEvent *event);
 
     static bool isActive();
     static void setRootObject(QObject *object);
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible2.h b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible2.h
index 708910b8df..56a39b640d 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible2.h
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible2.h
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ public:
     virtual bool isSelected() const = 0;
 
     //            Gets the row and column indexes and extents of this cell accessible and whether or not it is selected.
+    //          ### Is this really needed??
+    //
+    //          ### Maybe change to QSize cellSize(), we already have accessors for the row, column and selected
     virtual void rowColumnExtents(int *row, int *column, int *rowExtents, int *columnExtents, bool *selected) const = 0;
     //            Returns a reference to the accessbile of the containing table.
     virtual QAccessibleInterface* table() const = 0;
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessiblebridge.h b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessiblebridge.h
index 147bf30bd0..80830bd01c 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessiblebridge.h
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessiblebridge.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class QAccessibleBridge
 public:
     virtual ~QAccessibleBridge() {}
     virtual void setRootObject(QAccessibleInterface *) = 0;
-    virtual void notifyAccessibilityUpdate(const QAccessibleEvent &event) = 0;
+    virtual void notifyAccessibilityUpdate(QAccessibleEvent *event) = 0;
 };
 
 struct Q_GUI_EXPORT QAccessibleBridgeFactoryInterface : public QFactoryInterface
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessibleobject.cpp b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessibleobject.cpp
index 1f4e005dfe..db4ee242ff 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessibleobject.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessibleobject.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ QAccessibleInterface *QAccessibleObject::childAt(int x, int y) const
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < childCount(); ++i) {
         QAccessibleInterface *childIface = child(i);
+        Q_ASSERT(childIface);
         if (childIface->rect().contains(x,y)) {
             return childIface;
         }
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qplatformaccessibility_qpa.cpp b/src/gui/accessible/qplatformaccessibility_qpa.cpp
index 9de11e7c1f..057d43add3 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qplatformaccessibility_qpa.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qplatformaccessibility_qpa.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ QPlatformAccessibility::~QPlatformAccessibility()
 {
 }
 
-void QPlatformAccessibility::notifyAccessibilityUpdate(const QAccessibleEvent &event)
+void QPlatformAccessibility::notifyAccessibilityUpdate(QAccessibleEvent *event)
 {
     initialize();
 
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qplatformaccessibility_qpa.h b/src/gui/accessible/qplatformaccessibility_qpa.h
index 364f87b0c9..3bd6316d01 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qplatformaccessibility_qpa.h
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qplatformaccessibility_qpa.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public:
     QPlatformAccessibility();
 
     virtual ~QPlatformAccessibility();
-    virtual void notifyAccessibilityUpdate(const QAccessibleEvent &event);
+    virtual void notifyAccessibilityUpdate(QAccessibleEvent *event);
     virtual void setRootObject(QObject *o);
     virtual void initialize();
     virtual void cleanup();