Just for completeness ;) https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-27728
On Sep 28, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Samuel Gaist <samuel.ga...@edeltech.ch> wrote: > >> On 28 sept. 2014, at 03:26, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macie...@intel.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Sunday 28 September 2014 01:02:11 Samuel Gaist wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Following a post on the forum, I've checked and there's been a behavior >>> change in QUrl's setPath between Qt 4 and Qt 5 that is not mentioned in the >>> "C++ API changes" chapter. >>> >>> If I understood correctly: >>> >>> QUrl example1("http://www.example.com"); >>> example1.setPath("pub/something"); >>> >>> makes example1 invalid in Qt 5 due to the fact that "pub/something" is a >>> relative path (following QUrl documentation and test) but in Qt 4 the >>> result is "http://www.example.com/pub/something". >>> >>> Should it be considered bug in Qt 4 that needs fixing ? However fixing it >>> might break existing application that could be relying on that behavior. In >>> this case, simply add the API break in Qt 5's documentation ? >> >> Yes, it's a bug in Qt 4, bug I won't fix it because it's not that important >> and >> would require a major change. >> >> QUrl in Qt 4 has quite a few known issues with encoding and decoding of >> delimiters too. And its QString constructor is a completely flawed design >> and >> should never be used. >> >> QUrl changed considerably in Qt 5 to comply better with the URL >> specifications >> and with brokenness out there. If we add anything to the documentation, it >> would be the previous sentence, with no extra details. > > I remember now following a discussion about that matter some time ago. > > Fine for me. I'll update the API change doc to include that so future users > won't be surprised. > > Samuel > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development -- Eike Ziller, Senior Software Engineer - Digia, Qt Digia Germany GmbH, Rudower Chaussee 13, D-12489 Berlin Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Tuula Haataja Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development