i think this is a good solution and i will consider adding it to the PyQtSoftimage plugin if we can be sure this doesn't break anything for anyone.
also i am sure Tony would like to make sure there is compatible functionality with PySide. lastly, we aren't sure yet if Tony's issue is actually the same issue as this QString vs python str issue. s On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Xavier Lapointe <[email protected]>wrote: > > That's a nice way of using Python str instead of QString: > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8876269/pyqt-sqlalchemy-doesnt-accept-qstring > > http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/incompatible_apis.html > > > Haven't tested it, but seems to make sense. > >

