[PyKDE] QValidator.fixup() and PyQt

[Jonathan Gardner]

I am trying to implement my own QValidator so that I can do cool things like 
enter money, phone numbers, etc...

Anyway, I would like to be able to modify the QString passed into fixup(). 
However, the code below (obviously) doesn't work.

# Begin code
import sys
from qt import *

class validator(QValidator):

    def __init__(self, parent=None, name=None):
        QValidator.__init__(self, parent, name)

    def validate(self, input, pos):
        return (QValidator.Intermediate, pos)

    def fixup(self, input):
	# How to do an in-place modification of input?
        input = QString("no!")

class test_validator(QWidget):

    def __init__(self, parent=None, name=None, fl=0):
        QWidget.__init__(self, parent, name, fl)

        lo = QVBoxLayout(self, 11, 6)

        self.le = QLineEdit(self)
        self.le.setValidator(validator(self.le))

        lo.addWidget(self.le)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    args = app.argv()
    QObject.connect(app,SIGNAL("lastWindowClosed()"),app,SLOT("quit()"))
    w = test_validator()
    app.setMainWidget(w)
    w.show()
    app.exec_loop()
# End code

This method above doesn't work. I need a way to modify 'input' so that fixup 
can actually do something.

Any ideas?

Or should I be returning the the value like it does for other functions that 
accept a C++ '&' parameter? (And since PyQt doesn't handle this... is it a 
bug?)

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Jonathan Gardner
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