[PyQt] QFileDialog static methods accept parameter 'directory' not 'dir' (pyqt 5.10.1)

[Phil Thompson]

On 10 May 2018, at 7:03 pm, Kyle Altendorf <sda at fstab.net> wrote:
> 
> At least QFileSystem.getSaveFileName() and .getOpenFileName() expect a parameter 'directory' instead of the 'dir' that the Qt docs list.  I didn't test the rest of the static methods (or other standard methods)>.
> 
> docs: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qfiledialog.html#getSaveFileName
> source: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/blob/e843e3bb00d26c841bd7132c00779c085368eab3/src/widgets/dialogs/qfiledialog.cpp#L2122

It's intentional. Most of the time PyQt follows the Qt docs but not always (because of inconsistencies in the latter).

The definitive signature is always obtained using help().

Phil