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
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