Thanks to you and Mathias for the prompt replies. > docstring = unicode( myEditor.toPlainText() ) > In PyQt5 toPlainText() will return a str object for Python3 and a unicode > object for Python2. >
And, as Mathias says, it is a copy?... That is not IMO a good design choice. At least if toPlainText returns a const QString reference, one can then use r/o QString methods like count(), contains(), indexOf etc, without penalty. Also one could provide it to a QRegExp, e.g.: j = qre.indexIn( myEditor.toPlainText() ) while j >= 0 : # ...do something with qre.cap(0)... j = qre.indexIn( myEditor.toPlainText() , j ) This is more or less the patther of a syntax highlighter as well as other possible applications -- and it would be a catastrophe with a large doc when every toPlainText call does a new memcopy. In short, I urge you to leave the conversion to Python str in the programmer's hands, e.g. via unicode() or str(). Or, find a way to support those "STL-style iterators" that are currently omitted...? > Also in regard to making intensive loops faster > how well do PyQtx calls integrate with Cython or PyPy?
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