[Qt-interest] anyone know why QDir::mkpath() isn't static?

[Paul Miller]

To use QDir::mkpath() you have to do this:

QDir dir("/the/path/you/want/to/create");
dir.mkpath(dir.absolutePath());

Seems the argument to mkpath() is redundant, or, since the argument 
overrides the QDir's actual path, the whole constructor is irrelevant. 
Shouldn't it mkpath() be static?

I point out this because most of the rest of Qt seems to be designed 
pretty well, but each time I need to use mkpath() the inconsistency of 
it leaps out and gouges my eyes out.