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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Qt 4.8 QUrl.toLocalFile behavior change,
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2011-10-30 18:36:09
Message-ID: 1451053.88WIsPUWSU () doriath
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On Sunday, 30 de October de 2011 19:02:48 Kevin Kofler wrote:
> But that doesn't change much of the rest of my message: we definitely do
> need an API which treats relative paths as file paths (for most
> applications) and an API which treats relative paths as relative URLs (for
> web browsers and such).
> 
> I think there should be 3 ways to construct a URL:
> 1. from a path (always), i.e. the current KUrl::fromPath

QUrl::fromLocalFile

> 2. heuristically (replacing the current KUrl::KUrl and KUrl::fromPathToUrl):
> * absolute paths should be file paths
>    * relative paths should be file paths (!) (currently, they're URLs)
>    * everything with a URL scheme (protocol) should be a URL

I disagree and will not implement this in QUrl.

> 3. from a URL (always) – web browsers or any other app where the relative
>    context is a URL context should use this instead of 2.

QUrl's constructor, QUrl::fromEncoded

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