The QVariant(QMetaType) constructor is a major anti-pattern: unlike
*every* other QVariant's constructor, it doesn't build a QVariant
holding the QMetaType object, but a QVariant of the specified type.
Introduce a named constructor for this use case instead.
In principle, this should lead to a deprecation of the QMetaType
constructor... except that it's used everywhere, so I can't do it at
this time.
Drive-by, improve the documentation of the QVariant(QMetaType)
constructor (since it's basically c&p for the new fromMetaType
function).
[ChangeLog][QtCore][QVariant] Added the QVariant::fromMetaType named
constructor, that builds a QVariant of a given QMetaType.
Change-Id: I4a499526bd0fe98eed0c1a3e91bcfc21efa9e352
Reviewed-by: Fabian Kosmale <fabian.kosmale@qt.io>
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