[PyQt] Different Behavior between Python 2.6 and Python 3.1.1

[Demetrius Cassidy]

I think .text() in Python 3.1 with PyQt4 is returning a python 'str' 
object, instead of a QString. Try and do type(self.ui.txtText.text()) 
and see what it returns.

Richard Parker wrote:
> I have the following statement in an application that runs fine with 
> Python 2.6 (and PyQt):
>
>         text = self.ui.txtText.text().left(5).toUpper()
>
> In Python 3.1.1 (with PyQt), I get the following error for the first 
> statement:
>
> "    text = self.ui.txtText.text().left(5).toUpper()
> AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'left' "
>
>
> The "ui.txtText.text" object is a QLineEdit object, whose 
> documentation indicates that its "text()" function returns a QString 
> object, whose documentatation states that the "left(self, n)" and 
> "toUpper() functions are supported. What has changed between Python 
> 2.6 and Python 3.1 that would account for this error?
>
> Thanks.
>
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