1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/codemarker.cpp b/src/tools/qdoc/codemarker.cpp
index 56fd3505be..e00ebef2db 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/codemarker.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/codemarker.cpp
@@ -194,6 +194,24 @@ QString CodeMarker::protect(const QString& str)
     return marked;
 }
 
+QString CodeMarker::protect(const QStringRef& str)
+{
+    int n = str.length();
+    QString marked;
+    marked.reserve(n * 2 + 30);
+    const QChar *data = str.constData();
+    for (int i = 0; i != n; ++i) {
+        switch (data[i].unicode()) {
+        case '&': marked += samp;  break;
+        case '<': marked += slt;   break;
+        case '>': marked += sgt;   break;
+        case '"': marked += squot; break;
+        default : marked += data[i];
+        }
+    }
+    return marked;
+}
+
 QString CodeMarker::typified(const QString &string)
 {
     QString result;