From e6b629f3ebc1d530218f01a735275e56bf474a18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@nokia.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:21:55 +0100
Subject: add QString(const QChar *) c'tor

to complement the QString(const QChar *, int) one, which unfortunately
clamps sizes below zero to zero instead of computing the length itself
instead.

Reviewed-by: denis
Reviewed-by: joao
---
 src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/corelib/tools/qstring.h   |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
index dec59b7..f85d794 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
@@ -989,6 +989,40 @@ QString::QString(const QChar *unicode, int size)
     }
 }
 
+/*!
+    \since 4.7
+
+    Constructs a string initialized with the characters of the QChar array
+    \a unicode, which must be terminated with a 0.
+
+    QString makes a deep copy of the string data. The unicode data is copied as
+    is and the Byte Order Mark is preserved if present.
+*/
+QString::QString(const QChar *unicode)
+{
+     if (!unicode) {
+         d = &shared_null;
+         d->ref.ref();
+     } else {
+         int size = 0;
+         while (unicode[size] != 0)
+             ++size;
+         if (!size) {
+             d = &shared_empty;
+             d->ref.ref();
+         } else {
+             d = (Data*) qMalloc(sizeof(Data)+size*sizeof(QChar));
+             Q_CHECK_PTR(d);
+             d->ref = 1;
+             d->alloc = d->size = size;
+             d->clean = d->asciiCache = d->simpletext = d->righttoleft = d->capacity = 0;
+             d->data = d->array;
+             memcpy(d->array, unicode, size * sizeof(QChar));
+             d->array[size] = '\0';
+         }
+     }
+}
+
 
 /*!
     Constructs a string of the given \a size with every character set
@@ -3867,7 +3901,7 @@ QString QString::fromUtf8(const char *str, int size)
     host byte order is assumed.
 
     This function is comparatively slow.
-    Use QString(const ushort *, int) if possible.
+    Use QString(const ushort *, int) or QString(const ushort *) if possible.
 
     QString makes a deep copy of the Unicode data.
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
index 702a21a..8de3c7d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ class Q_CORE_EXPORT QString
 {
 public:
     inline QString();
-    QString(const QChar *unicode, int size);
+    QString(const QChar *unicode, int size); // Qt5: don't cap size < 0
+    explicit QString(const QChar *unicode); // Qt5: merge with the above
     QString(QChar c);
     QString(int size, QChar c);
     inline QString(const QLatin1String &latin1);
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