[PyQt] overriding QAbstractFileEngine::beginEntryList

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 24.05.11 10:28:23, Jos van den Oever wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 24, 2011 09:49:35 AM Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > On 24.05.11 09:33:31, Jos van den Oever wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > QAbstractFileEngine is a great way to expose data as a file system. I'd
> > > like to use it in PyQt4. I've implemented a working test program in C++
> > > and attempted to implement the same version in PyQt4. Yet, the function
> > > QAbstractFileEngine::beginEntryList is not being called.
> > 
> > Just in case you haven't seen that yet, Nokia is going to drop
> > QAbstractFileEngine for Qt5. I think they even deprecate the class and
> > all related ones in Qt4.8 and add a new Filesystem-API that does not go
> > through the file-engine stuff (or maybe they just change the existing
> > classes, not sure right now).
> 
> That does not invalidate the current bug.

I did not say it does.

> Until an alternative emerges that works with Qt4, QAbstractFileEngine
> is the best way of exposing data as a file system.

I was merely trying to give you a heads-up to maybe think about using
something else to get the data into your app. Anyway, as I see now
QFileInfo, QDir and QFile keep using the abstract-file-engine stuff
while using the existing API.

Andreas