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authorSimon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@qt.io>2019-05-13 12:41:50 +0200
committerSimon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@qt.io>2019-05-13 11:57:47 +0000
commit24b286773ae5d47ad43f5e1810ebe6c5093a49da (patch)
tree5b5fe8dd95fa403fb6b4c9f18f1657b5c523feb9
parent375b8d0fbecb1acf4596b5103c12fac2b592a927 (diff)
Elaborate on the meaning of values held by basic types
Explicitly mention the copying semantics as well as how they are called in the JavaScript language. Task-number: QTBUG-75308 Change-Id: I82b8c6324133d3265b66325c6f67b19b344e0470 Reviewed-by: Kavindra Palaraja <kpalaraja@luxoft.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Wicking <paul.wicking@qt.io>
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diff --git a/src/qml/doc/src/qmllanguageref/typesystem/basictypes.qdoc b/src/qml/doc/src/qmllanguageref/typesystem/basictypes.qdoc
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--- a/src/qml/doc/src/qmllanguageref/typesystem/basictypes.qdoc
+++ b/src/qml/doc/src/qmllanguageref/typesystem/basictypes.qdoc
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ Basic types can be used to refer to:
\li A value that contains a simple set of property-value pairs (e.g. \l size refers to a value with \c width and \c height attributes)
\endlist
+When a variable or property holds a basic type and it is assigned to another
+variable or property, then a copy of the value is made. In JavaScript, this
+value is called a primitive value.
+
\sa {qtqml-typesystem-topic.html}{The QML Type System}