[Qgis-developer] SIP API Update

[Etienne Tourigny]

I just ran into another problem... how do you pass a list (of strings) to a
QT function which requires a QStringList (which is not available anymore).

 File
"/home/softdev/share/qgis/python/plugins/GdalTools/tools/GdalTools_utils.py",
line 208, in getRasterFiles
    workDir.setNameFilters( filter )
TypeError: QDir.setNameFilters(QStringList): argument 1 has unexpected type
'list'

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I have decided to manage the SIP API update process so that we can have it
> done by 2.0.  This is an important update as leaving it for later will
> break every plugin yet again at later date which just leaves a really bad
> taste for people to deal with. A few plugin authors have already expressed
> that they would not be impressed having to do another major update again in
> the future. And I agree.
>
> So having said that this is the current plan:
>
> - I have created a branch with the SIP API v2 update
>  - Update all the core plugins in the sipapi-udate[0] branch over the next
> couple of days
> -  Merge into master
>
> I couldn't update all the core plugins myself BUT it would be a lot easier
> if I could call on the plugin authors to run though their own code and do
> the quick update.  The risk of me doing it is that I might break something
> and not know it.  You know your code best so the help would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> I updated most of the console code and Salvatore has already cleaned the
> rest up for me so that is one thing out of the way.
>
> And here comes the kicker: I would like to do this as quickly as we can so
> to reduce the gap between master and the branch.  The sooner we merge it to
> master the sooner we can open it to wider testing, but I don't expect to
> run into any major issues when we do.
>
> If you are not aware of what benefits the SIP API update will bring here
> is a quick example:
>
> Before:
>
> >>> str(yourlineedit.text().toString())
> 'Hello World'
> >>> feature["column"].toInt()[0]
> 100
>
> After
>
> >>> yourlineedit.text()
> 'Hello World'
> >>> feature["column"]
> 1000
>
> It will make life for us and plugin authors a hell of a lot easier.
>
> I have put together a quick guide[1] with some examples.  It is open edit
> so feel free to add any notes you have. It might be good to turn it into a
> plugin translate guide for future plugin authors moving to 2.0.
>
> Regards,
> Nathan
>
> [0] https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/tree/sipapi-update
> [1]
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S85DMEC71AOzTkF1_EpnF0dhVb2On2EVq4E5s1EXoNM/edit?usp=sharing
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