Thiago Macieira wrote: > Thomas Lübking wrote: >> Am Monday 17 August 2009 schrieb Matthew Woehlke: >>> If you'd like to "one-up" my patch, please feel free :-). Otherwise >>> I'm not sure what you have in mind. >> i guess sth. like >> >> QRegExp identifier("[A-Za-z0-9_]"); >> o.objectName().mid(i,1).contains(identifier); >> >> Performance ain't crucial here (and QChar::isLetter() just tests some >> flags), but i just tested and QChar grants ::isLetter to really a lot >> of stuff (esp. as any utf-8 char seems to be split an the first part >> becomes a letter, though it's /no/ [A-Za-z] :-( >> >> (new test code attached) > > No need for QRegExp. Just iterate over the string and change the > characters that aren't A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and underscore. Would you be willing to proffer a patch? My interest level is, alas, waning... especially with the oddness Thomas is pointing out. (Anyway isLetter() shouldn't be any worse than isLetterOrNumber(), so at least I don't think we are regressing...) -- Matthew Please do not quote my e-mail address unobfuscated in message bodies. -- Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. -- Gordon Wolfe