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

[Scott Aron Bloom]

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From: qt-interest-bounces+scott.bloom=onshorecs.com at qt.nokia.com [mailto:qt-interest-bounces+scott.bloom=onshorecs.com at qt.nokia.com] On Behalf Of Thiago Macieira
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:11 AM
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Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] anyone know why QDir::mkpath() isn't static?

Em terça-feira, 12 de abril de 2011, às 10:55:46, Paul Miller escreveu:
> 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?

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

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I have found there are a number of little idiosyncrasies in the QFile, QFileInfo, and QDir code that can be confusing and worst case create a bug..  You just get used to them :)

With mkpath... I would prefer if there was a static as well as a non-static member...  I wouldn't even mind if the QDir threw an assert on the static member if the path sent in was relative.

Scott