4 files changed, 73 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.cpp
index c5f70b0..29a7263 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.cpp
@@ -3814,7 +3814,7 @@ QByteArray QByteArray::number(double n, char f, int prec)
     accepting a \c{const char *} expected to be '\\0'-terminated will
     fail.
 
-    \sa data(), constData()
+    \sa setRawData(), data(), constData()
 */
 
 QByteArray QByteArray::fromRawData(const char *data, int size)
@@ -3834,6 +3834,37 @@ QByteArray QByteArray::fromRawData(const char *data, int size)
 }
 
 /*!
+    \since 4.7
+
+    Resets the QByteArray to use the first \a size bytes of the
+    \a data array. The bytes are \e not copied. The QByteArray will
+    contain the \a data pointer. The caller guarantees that \a data
+    will not be deleted or modified as long as this QByteArray and any
+    copies of it exist that have not been modified.
+
+    This function can be used instead of fromRawData() to re-use
+    existings QByteArray objects to save memory re-allocations.
+
+    \sa fromRawData(), data(), constData()
+*/
+QByteArray &QByteArray::setRawData(const char *data, uint size)
+{
+    if (d->ref != 1 || d->alloc) {
+        *this = fromRawData(data, size);
+    } else {
+        if (data) {
+            d->data = const_cast<char *>(data);
+        } else {
+            d->data = d->array;
+            size = 0;
+        }
+        d->alloc = d->size = size;
+        *d->array = '\0';
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
+/*!
     Returns a decoded copy of the Base64 array \a base64. Input is not checked
     for validity; invalid characters in the input are skipped, enabling the
     decoding process to continue with subsequent characters.
@@ -4228,12 +4259,6 @@ QByteArray QByteArray::toPercentEncoding(const QByteArray &exclude, const QByteA
 */
 
 /*!
-    \fn QByteArray& QByteArray::setRawData(const char *a, uint n)
-
-    Use fromRawData() instead.
-*/
-
-/*!
     \fn void QByteArray::resetRawData(const char *data, uint n)
 
     Use clear() instead.
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.h b/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.h
index 0b77512..a3fe3f5 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.h
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ public:
     QByteArray &setNum(qulonglong, int base = 10);
     QByteArray &setNum(float, char f = 'g', int prec = 6);
     QByteArray &setNum(double, char f = 'g', int prec = 6);
+    QByteArray &setRawData(const char *a, uint n); // ### Qt 5: use an int
 
     static QByteArray number(int, int base = 10);
     static QByteArray number(uint, int base = 10);
@@ -343,8 +344,6 @@ public:
     inline QT3_SUPPORT QByteArray& duplicate(const QByteArray& a) { *this = a; return *this; }
     inline QT3_SUPPORT QByteArray& duplicate(const char *a, uint n)
     { *this = QByteArray(a, n); return *this; }
-    inline QT3_SUPPORT QByteArray& setRawData(const char *a, uint n)
-    { *this = fromRawData(a, n); return *this; }
     inline QT3_SUPPORT void resetRawData(const char *, uint) { clear(); }
     inline QT3_SUPPORT QByteArray lower() const { return toLower(); }
     inline QT3_SUPPORT QByteArray upper() const { return toUpper(); }
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
index 2f12b80..0169b20 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
@@ -7056,7 +7056,7 @@ void QString::updateProperties() const
     '\\0'-terminated string (although utf16() does, at the cost of
     copying the raw data).
 
-    \sa fromUtf16()
+    \sa fromUtf16(), setRawData()
 */
 QString QString::fromRawData(const QChar *unicode, int size)
 {
@@ -7075,6 +7075,44 @@ QString QString::fromRawData(const QChar *unicode, int size)
     return QString(x, 0);
 }
 
+/*!
+    \since 4.7
+
+    Resets the QString to use the first \a size Unicode characters
+    in the array \a unicode. The data in \a unicode is \e not
+    copied. The caller must be able to guarantee that \a unicode will
+    not be deleted or modified as long as the QString (or an
+    unmodified copy of it) exists.
+
+    This function can be used instead of fromRawData() to re-use
+    existings QString objects to save memory re-allocations.
+
+    \sa fromRawData()
+*/
+QString &QString::setRawData(const QChar *unicode, int size)
+{
+    if (d->ref != 1 || d->alloc) {
+        *this = fromRawData(unicode, size);
+    } else {
+#ifdef QT3_SUPPORT
+        if (d->asciiCache) {
+            Q_ASSERT(asciiCache);
+            asciiCache->remove(d);
+        }
+#endif
+        if (unicode) {
+            d->data = (ushort *)unicode;
+        } else {
+            d->data = d->array;
+            size = 0;
+        }
+        d->alloc = d->size = size;
+        *d->array = '\0';
+        d->clean = d->asciiCache = d->simpletext = d->righttoleft = d->capacity = 0;
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
 /*! \class QLatin1String
     \brief The QLatin1String class provides a thin wrapper around an US-ASCII/Latin-1 encoded string literal.
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
index ea12c2f..a1c4e77 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ public:
     int toWCharArray(wchar_t *array) const;
     static QString fromWCharArray(const wchar_t *, int size = -1);
 
+    QString &setRawData(const QChar *unicode, int size);
     QString &setUnicode(const QChar *unicode, int size);
     inline QString &setUtf16(const ushort *utf16, int size);