3 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qpoint.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qpoint.cpp
index a83fd9a71f..8c6751cbaa 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qpoint.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qpoint.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ p *= 2.5;    // p becomes (-3, 10)
 //! [5]
 
 
+//! [16]
+QPoint p( 3, 7);
+QPoint q(-1, 4);
+int lengthSquared = QPoint::dotProduct(p, q);   // lengthSquared becomes 25
+//! [16]
+
+
 //! [6]
 QPoint p(-3, 10);
 p /= 2.5;           // p becomes (-1, 4)
@@ -147,3 +154,10 @@ p *= 2.5;    // p becomes (-2.75, 10.25)
 QPointF p(-2.75, 10.25);
 p /= 2.5;           // p becomes (-1.1, 4.1)
 //! [15]
+
+
+//! [17]
+QPointF p( 3.1, 7.1);
+QPointF q(-1.0, 4.1);
+int lengthSquared = QPointF::dotProduct(p, q);   // lengthSquared becomes 26.01
+//! [17]
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qpoint.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qpoint.cpp
index b3dd918a35..784d96bf1c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qpoint.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qpoint.cpp
@@ -223,6 +223,15 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 */
 
 /*!
+    \fn static int QPoint::dotProduct(const QPoint &p1, const QPoint &p2)
+    \since 5.1
+
+    \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qpoint.cpp 16
+
+    Returns the dot product of \a p1 and \a p2.
+*/
+
+/*!
     \fn bool operator==(const QPoint &p1, const QPoint &p2)
     \relates QPoint
 
@@ -712,6 +721,15 @@ QDebug operator<<(QDebug d, const QPointF &p)
 */
 
 /*!
+    \fn static qreal QPointF::dotProduct(const QPointF &p1, const QPointF &p2)
+    \since 5.1
+
+    \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qpoint.cpp 17
+
+    Returns the dot product of \a p1 and \a p2.
+*/
+
+/*!
     \fn bool operator==(const QPointF &p1, const QPointF &p2)
     \relates QPointF
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qpoint.h b/src/corelib/tools/qpoint.h
index b6446e8c9f..cb7a5ecd23 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qpoint.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qpoint.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ public:
 
     inline QPoint &operator/=(qreal divisor);
 
+    Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR static inline int dotProduct(const QPoint &p1, const QPoint &p2);
+
     friend Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR inline bool operator==(const QPoint &, const QPoint &);
     friend Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR inline bool operator!=(const QPoint &, const QPoint &);
     friend Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR inline const QPoint operator+(const QPoint &, const QPoint &);
@@ -153,6 +155,9 @@ inline QPoint &QPoint::operator*=(double factor)
 inline QPoint &QPoint::operator*=(int factor)
 { xp = xp*factor; yp = yp*factor; return *this; }
 
+Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR inline int QPoint::dotProduct(const QPoint &p1, const QPoint &p2)
+{ return p1.xp * p2.xp + p1.yp * p2.yp; }
+
 Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR inline bool operator==(const QPoint &p1, const QPoint &p2)
 { return p1.xp == p2.xp && p1.yp == p2.yp; }
 
@@ -233,6 +238,8 @@ public:
     inline QPointF &operator*=(qreal c);
     inline QPointF &operator/=(qreal c);
 
+    Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR static inline qreal dotProduct(const QPointF &p1, const QPointF &p2);
+
     friend Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR inline bool operator==(const QPointF &, const QPointF &);
     friend Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR inline bool operator!=(const QPointF &, const QPointF &);
     friend Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR inline const QPointF operator+(const QPointF &, const QPointF &);
@@ -330,6 +337,11 @@ inline QPointF &QPointF::operator*=(qreal c)
     xp*=c; yp*=c; return *this;
 }
 
+Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR inline qreal QPointF::dotProduct(const QPointF &p1, const QPointF &p2)
+{
+    return p1.xp * p2.xp + p1.yp * p2.yp;
+}
+
 Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR inline bool operator==(const QPointF &p1, const QPointF &p2)
 {
     return qFuzzyIsNull(p1.xp - p2.xp) && qFuzzyIsNull(p1.yp - p2.yp);