Merge branch '4.5'

Conflicts:
	tools/macdeployqt/shared/shared.cpp

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
index c21cf87..77ef096 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
@@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ QString QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()
     }
 
     QCoreApplicationPrivate *d = self->d_func();
-    if (d->cachedApplicationDirPath == QString())
+    if (d->cachedApplicationDirPath.isNull())
         d->cachedApplicationDirPath = QFileInfo(applicationFilePath()).path();
     return d->cachedApplicationDirPath;
 }
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ QString QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath()
     }
 
     QCoreApplicationPrivate *d = self->d_func();
-    if (d->cachedApplicationFilePath != QString())
+    if (!d->cachedApplicationFilePath.isNull())
         return d->cachedApplicationFilePath;
 
 #if defined( Q_WS_WIN )
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp
index b53e91f..b504604 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp
@@ -1173,8 +1173,9 @@ const QVariant::Handler *QVariant::handler = &qt_kernel_variant_handler;
     and versatile, but may prove less memory and speed efficient than
     storing specific types in standard data structures.
 
-    QVariant also supports the notion of null values, where you have
-    a defined type with no value set.
+    QVariant also supports the notion of null values, where you can 
+    have a defined type with no value set. However, note that QVariant 
+    types can only be cast when they have had a value set.
 
     \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_kernel_qvariant.cpp 1