Replace QStringRef with QStringView

src/base/utils/bytearray.h

@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <QString>
+#include <Qt>
 #include <QtContainerFwd>
 
 class QByteArray;
 
 namespace Utils::ByteArray
 {
-    // Mimic QString::splitRef(sep, behavior)
+    // Mimic QStringView(in).split(sep, behavior)
     QVector<QByteArray> splitToViews(const QByteArray &in, const QByteArray &sep, const Qt::SplitBehavior behavior = Qt::KeepEmptyParts);
 
     // Mimic QByteArray::mid(pos, len) but instead of returning a full-copy,

src/base/utils/compare.cpp

@@ -60,16 +60,16 @@ int Utils::Compare::naturalCompare(const QString &left, const QString &right, co
         {
             // Both are digits, compare the numbers
 
-            const auto numberView = [](const QString &str, int &pos) -> QStringRef
+            const auto numberView = [](const QStringView str, int &pos) -> QStringView
             {
                 const int start = pos;
                 while ((pos < str.size()) && str[pos].isDigit())
                     ++pos;
-                return str.midRef(start, (pos - start));
+                return str.mid(start, (pos - start));
             };
 
-            const QStringRef numViewL = numberView(left, posL);
-            const QStringRef numViewR = numberView(right, posR);
+            const QStringView numViewL = numberView(left, posL);
+            const QStringView numViewR = numberView(right, posR);
 
             if (numViewL.length() != numViewR.length())
                 return (numViewL.length() - numViewR.length());

src/base/utils/misc.cpp

@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ QString Utils::Misc::opensslVersionString()
 #else
     static const auto version {QString::fromLatin1(SSLeay_version(SSLEAY_VERSION))};
 #endif
-    return version.splitRef(' ', Qt::SkipEmptyParts)[1].toString();
+    return QStringView(version).split(u' ', Qt::SkipEmptyParts)[1].toString();
 }
 
 QString Utils::Misc::zlibVersionString()

src/base/utils/string.cpp

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 // to send numbers instead of strings with suffixes
 QString Utils::String::fromDouble(const double n, const int precision)
 {
-    /* HACK because QString rounds up. Eg QString::number(0.999*100.0, 'f' ,1) == 99.9
+    /* HACK because QString rounds up. Eg QString::number(0.999*100.0, 'f', 1) == 99.9
     ** but QString::number(0.9999*100.0, 'f' ,1) == 100.0 The problem manifests when
     ** the number has more digits after the decimal than we want AND the digit after
     ** our 'wanted' is >= 5. In this case our last digit gets rounded up. So for each
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ std::optional<double> Utils::String::parseDouble(const QString &string)
     return std::nullopt;
 }
 
-QString Utils::String::join(const QVector<QStringRef> &strings, const QString &separator)
+QString Utils::String::join(const QList<QStringView> &strings, const QStringView separator)
 {
     if (strings.empty())
         return {};

src/base/utils/string.h

@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 #include <Qt>
 #include <QtContainerFwd>
 
-class QStringRef;
-
 namespace Utils::String
 {
     QString wildcardToRegexPattern(const QString &pattern);
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Utils::String
     std::optional<int> parseInt(const QString &string);
     std::optional<double> parseDouble(const QString &string);
 
-    QString join(const QVector<QStringRef> &strings, const QString &separator);
+    QString join(const QList<QStringView> &strings, QStringView separator);
 
     QString fromDouble(double n, int precision);