From 2c285b893caae37f132de75bcc77bf5471107689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 16:04:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add a few more typedefs to QString, for STL compatibility

Task-number: QTBUG-22890

Change-Id: I457be6367e577dee30532383d10c519b2f2617b3
Reviewed-by: Robin Burchell <robin+qt@viroteck.net>
---
 src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 src/corelib/tools/qstring.h   |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
index 37d28b0904..36bd61098a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
@@ -819,18 +819,44 @@ const QString::Null QString::null = { };
     \sa QString::const_iterator
 */
 
+/*!
+    \typedef QString::size_type
+
+    The QString::size_type typedef provides an STL-style type for sizes (int).
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \typedef QString::difference_type
+
+    The QString::size_type typedef provides an STL-style type for difference between pointers.
+*/
+
 /*!
     \typedef QString::const_reference
 
     The QString::const_reference typedef provides an STL-style
-    const reference for QString.
+    const reference for a QString element (QChar).
 */
 /*!
     \typedef QString::reference
 
-    The QString::const_reference typedef provides an STL-style
-    reference for QString.
+    The QString::reference typedef provides an STL-style
+    reference for a QString element (QChar).
 */
+
+/*!
+    \typedef QString::const_pointer
+
+    The QString::const_pointer typedef provides an STL-style
+    const pointer to a QString element (QChar).
+*/
+/*!
+    \typedef QString::pointer
+
+    The QString::const_pointer typedef provides an STL-style
+    pointer to a QString element (QChar).
+*/
+
 /*!
     \typedef QString::value_type
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
index d8aaa929dc..7010a954b4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
@@ -657,8 +657,12 @@ public:
     const_iterator constEnd() const;
 
     // STL compatibility
+    typedef int size_type;
+    typedef qptrdiff difference_type;
     typedef const QChar & const_reference;
     typedef QChar & reference;
+    typedef QChar *pointer;
+    typedef const QChar *const_pointer;
     typedef QChar value_type;
     inline void push_back(QChar c) { append(c); }
     inline void push_back(const QString &s) { append(s); }