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    #ifndef QSTRING_H
    #define QSTRING_H

    #ifndef QT_H
    #include "qcstring.h"
    #endif // QT_H

    /*****************************************************************************
      QString class
     *****************************************************************************/

    class QRegExp;
    class QString;
    class QCharRef;

    class Q_EXPORT QChar {
    public:
        QChar();
        QChar( char c );
        QChar( uchar c );
        QChar( uchar c, uchar r );
        QChar( const QChar& c );
        QChar( ushort rc );
        QChar( short rc );
        QChar( uint rc );
        QChar( int rc );

        QT_STATIC_CONST QChar null;            // 0000
        QT_STATIC_CONST QChar replacement;     // FFFD
        QT_STATIC_CONST QChar byteOrderMark;     // FEFF
        QT_STATIC_CONST QChar byteOrderSwapped;     // FFFE
        QT_STATIC_CONST QChar nbsp;            // 00A0

        // Unicode information

        enum Category
        {
            NoCategory,

            Mark_NonSpacing,          //   Mn
            Mark_SpacingCombining,    //   Mc
            Mark_Enclosing,           //   Me

            Number_DecimalDigit,      //   Nd
            Number_Letter,            //   Nl
            Number_Other,             //   No

            Separator_Space,          //   Zs
            Separator_Line,           //   Zl
            Separator_Paragraph,      //   Zp

            Other_Control,            //   Cc
            Other_Format,             //   Cf
            Other_Surrogate,          //   Cs
            Other_PrivateUse,         //   Co
            Other_NotAssigned,        //   Cn

            Letter_Uppercase,         //   Lu
            Letter_Lowercase,         //   Ll
            Letter_Titlecase,         //   Lt
            Letter_Modifier,          //   Lm
            Letter_Other,             //   Lo

            Punctuation_Connector,    //   Pc
            Punctuation_Dash,         //   Pd
            Punctuation_Dask = Punctuation_Dash, // oops
            Punctuation_Open,         //   Ps
            Punctuation_Close,        //   Pe
            Punctuation_InitialQuote, //   Pi
            Punctuation_FinalQuote,   //   Pf
            Punctuation_Other,        //   Po

            Symbol_Math,              //   Sm
            Symbol_Currency,          //   Sc
            Symbol_Modifier,          //   Sk
            Symbol_Other              //   So
        };

        enum Direction
        {
            DirL, DirR, DirEN, DirES, DirET, DirAN, DirCS, DirB, DirS, DirWS, DirON,
            DirLRE, DirLRO, DirAL, DirRLE, DirRLO, DirPDF, DirNSM, DirBN
        };

        enum Decomposition
        {
            Single, Canonical, Font, NoBreak, Initial, Medial,
            Final, Isolated, Circle, Super, Sub, Vertical,
            Wide, Narrow, Small, Square, Compat, Fraction
        };

        enum Joining
        {
            OtherJoining, Dual, Right, Center
        };

        enum CombiningClass
        {
            Combining_BelowLeftAttached       = 200,
            Combining_BelowAttached           = 202,
            Combining_BelowRightAttached      = 204,
            Combining_LeftAttached            = 208,
            Combining_RightAttached           = 210,
            Combining_AboveLeftAttached       = 212,
            Combining_AboveAttached           = 214,
            Combining_AboveRightAttached      = 216,

            Combining_BelowLeft               = 218,
            Combining_Below                   = 220,
            Combining_BelowRight              = 222,
            Combining_Left                    = 224,
            Combining_Right                   = 226,
            Combining_AboveLeft               = 228,
            Combining_Above                   = 230,
            Combining_AboveRight              = 232,

            Combining_DoubleBelow             = 233,
            Combining_DoubleAbove             = 234,
            Combining_IotaSubscript           = 240
        };

        // ****** WHEN ADDING FUNCTIONS, CONSIDER ADDING TO QCharRef TOO

        int digitValue() const;
        QChar lower() const;
        QChar upper() const;

        Category category() const;
        Direction direction() const;
        Joining joining() const;
        bool mirrored() const;
        QChar mirroredChar() const;
        const QString &decomposition() const;
        Decomposition decompositionTag() const;
        unsigned char combiningClass() const;

        char latin1() const { return ucs > 0xff ? 0 : (char) ucs; }
        ushort unicode() const { return ucs; }
        ushort &unicode() { return ucs; }
    #ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
        // like all ifdef'd code this is undocumented
        operator char() const { return latin1(); }
    #endif

        bool isNull() const { return unicode()==0; }
        bool isPrint() const;
        bool isPunct() const;
        bool isSpace() const;
        bool isMark() const;
        bool isLetter() const;
        bool isNumber() const;
        bool isLetterOrNumber() const;
        bool isDigit() const;
        bool isSymbol() const;

        uchar cell() const { return ((uchar) ucs & 0xff); }
        uchar row() const { return ((uchar) (ucs>>8)&0xff); }
        void setCell( uchar cell ) { ucs = (ucs & 0xff00) + cell; }
        void setRow( uchar row ) { ucs = (((ushort) row)<<8) + (ucs&0xff); }

    #ifndef QT_NO_COMPAT
        static bool networkOrdered() { return FALSE; }
    #endif

        friend inline bool operator==( char ch, QChar c );
        friend inline bool operator==( QChar c, char ch );
        friend inline bool operator==( QChar c1, QChar c2 );
        friend inline bool operator!=( QChar c1, QChar c2 );
        friend inline bool operator!=( char ch, QChar c );
        friend inline bool operator!=( QChar c, char ch );
        friend inline bool operator<=( QChar c, char ch );
        friend inline bool operator<=( char ch, QChar c );
        friend inline bool operator<=( QChar c1, QChar c2 );

    private:
        ushort ucs;
    #if defined(QT_QSTRING_UCS_4)
        ushort grp;
    #endif
    } Q_PACKED;

    inline QChar::QChar()
    {
        ucs = 0;
    #ifdef QT_QSTRING_UCS_4
        grp = 0;
    #endif
    }
    inline QChar::QChar( char c )
    {
        ucs = (uchar)c;
    #ifdef QT_QSTRING_UCS_4
        grp = 0;
    #endif
    }
    inline QChar::QChar( uchar c )
    {
        ucs = c;
    #ifdef QT_QSTRING_UCS_4
        grp = 0;
    #endif
    }
    inline QChar::QChar( uchar c, uchar r )
    {
        ucs = (r << 8) | c;
    #ifdef QT_QSTRING_UCS_4
        grp = 0;
    #endif
    }
    inline QChar::QChar( const QChar& c )
    {
        ucs = c.ucs;
    #ifdef QT_QSTRING_UCS_4
        grp = c.grp;
    #endif
    }

    inline QChar::QChar( ushort rc )
    {
        ucs = rc;
    #ifdef QT_QSTRING_UCS_4
        grp = 0;
    #endif
    }
    inline QChar::QChar( short rc )
    {
        ucs = (ushort) rc;
    #ifdef QT_QSTRING_UCS_4
        grp = 0;
    #endif
    }
    inline QChar::QChar( uint rc )
    {
        ucs = (ushort ) (rc & 0xffff);
    #ifdef QT_QSTRING_UCS_4
        grp = (ushort) ((rc >> 16) & 0xffff);
    #endif
    }
    inline QChar::QChar( int rc )
    {
        ucs = (ushort) (rc & 0xffff);
    #ifdef QT_QSTRING_UCS_4
        grp = (ushort) ((rc >> 16) & 0xffff);
    #endif
    }

    inline bool operator==( char ch, QChar c )
    {
        return ((uchar) ch) == c.ucs;
    }

    inline bool operator==( QChar c, char ch )
    {
        return ((uchar) ch) == c.ucs;
    }

    inline bool operator==( QChar c1, QChar c2 )
    {
        return c1.ucs == c2.ucs;
    }

    inline bool operator!=( QChar c1, QChar c2 )
    {
        return c1.ucs != c2.ucs;
    }

    inline bool operator!=( char ch, QChar c )
    {
        return ((uchar)ch) != c.ucs;
    }

    inline bool operator!=( QChar c, char ch )
    {
        return ((uchar) ch) != c.ucs;
    }

    inline bool operator<=( QChar c, char ch )
    {
        return c.ucs <= ((uchar) ch);
    }

    inline bool operator<=( char ch, QChar c )
    {
        return ((uchar) ch) <= c.ucs;
    }

    inline bool operator<=( QChar c1, QChar c2 )
    {
        return c1.ucs <= c2.ucs;
    }

    inline bool operator>=( QChar c, char ch ) { return ch <= c; }
    inline bool operator>=( char ch, QChar c ) { return c <= ch; }
    inline bool operator>=( QChar c1, QChar c2 ) { return c2 <= c1; }
    inline bool operator<( QChar c, char ch ) { return !(ch<=c); }
    inline bool operator<( char ch, QChar c ) { return !(c<=ch); }
    inline bool operator<( QChar c1, QChar c2 ) { return !(c2<=c1); }
    inline bool operator>( QChar c, char ch ) { return !(ch>=c); }
    inline bool operator>( char ch, QChar c ) { return !(c>=ch); }
    inline bool operator>( QChar c1, QChar c2 ) { return !(c2>=c1); }

    // internal
    struct Q_EXPORT QStringData : public QShared {
        QStringData() :
            unicode(0), ascii(0), len(0), simpletext(1), maxl(0), dirty(0) { ref(); }
        QStringData(QChar *u, uint l, uint m) :
            unicode(u), ascii(0), len(l), simpletext(1), maxl(m), dirty(1) { }

        ~QStringData() { if ( unicode ) delete[] ((char*)unicode);
                         if ( ascii ) delete[] ascii; }

        void deleteSelf();
        QChar *unicode;
        char *ascii;
        void setDirty() {
    	if ( ascii ) {
    	    delete [] ascii;
    	    ascii = 0;
    	}
    	dirty = 1;
        }
    #ifdef Q_OS_MAC9
        uint len;
    #else
        uint len : 30;
    #endif
        uint simpletext : 1;
    #ifdef Q_OS_MAC9
        uint maxl;
    #else
        uint maxl : 30;
    #endif
        uint dirty : 1;
    };

    class Q_EXPORT QString
    {
    public:
        QString();                                  // make null string
        QString( QChar );                           // one-char string
        QString( const QString & );                 // impl-shared copy
        QString( const QByteArray& );               // deep copy
        QString( const QChar* unicode, uint length ); // deep copy
    #ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
        QString( const char *str );                 // deep copy
    #endif
        ~QString();

        QString    &operator=( const QString & );   // impl-shared copy
    #ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
        QString    &operator=( const char * );      // deep copy
    #endif
        QString    &operator=( const QCString& );   // deep copy
        QString    &operator=( QChar c );
        QString    &operator=( char c );

        QT_STATIC_CONST QString null;

        bool        isNull()        const;
        bool        isEmpty()       const;
        uint        length()        const;
        void        truncate( uint pos );

        QString &   fill( QChar c, int len = -1 );

        QString     copy()  const;

        QString arg( long a, int fieldwidth=0, int base=10 ) const;
        QString arg( ulong a, int fieldwidth=0, int base=10 ) const;
        QString arg( int a, int fieldwidth=0, int base=10 ) const;
        QString arg( uint a, int fieldwidth=0, int base=10 ) const;
        QString arg( short a, int fieldwidth=0, int base=10 ) const;
        QString arg( ushort a, int fieldwidth=0, int base=10 ) const;
        QString arg( char a, int fieldwidth=0 ) const;
        QString arg( QChar a, int fieldwidth=0 ) const;
        QString arg( const QString& a, int fieldwidth=0 ) const;
        QString arg( double a, int fieldwidth=0, char fmt='g', int prec=-1 ) const;

    #ifndef QT_NO_SPRINTF
        QString    &sprintf( const char* format, ... )
    #if defined(Q_CC_GNU) && !defined(__INSURE__)
            __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)))
    #endif
            ;
    #endif

        int         find( QChar c, int index=0, bool cs=TRUE ) const;
        int         find( char c, int index=0, bool cs=TRUE ) const;
        int         find( const QString &str, int index=0, bool cs=TRUE ) const;
    #ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP
        int         find( const QRegExp &, int index=0 ) const;
    #endif
    #ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
        int         find( const char* str, int index=0 ) const;
    #endif
        int         findRev( QChar c, int index=-1, bool cs=TRUE) const;
        int         findRev( char c, int index=-1, bool cs=TRUE) const;
        int         findRev( const QString &str, int index=-1, bool cs=TRUE) const;
    #ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP
        int         findRev( const QRegExp &, int index=-1 ) const;
    #endif
    #ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
        int         findRev( const char* str, int index=-1 ) const;
    #endif
        int         contains( QChar c, bool cs=TRUE ) const;
        int         contains( char c, bool cs=TRUE ) const
                        { return contains(QChar(c), cs); }
    #ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
        int         contains( const char* str, bool cs=TRUE ) const;
    #endif
        int         contains( const QString &str, bool cs=TRUE ) const;
    #ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP
        int         contains( const QRegExp & ) const;
    #endif

        enum SectionFlags {
    	SectionDefault             = 0x00,
    	SectionSkipEmpty           = 0x01,
    	SectionIncludeLeadingSep   = 0x02,
    	SectionIncludeTrailingSep  = 0x04,
    	SectionCaseInsensitiveSeps = 0x08
        };
        QString     section( QChar sep, int start, int end = 0xffffffff, int flags = SectionDefault ) const;
        QString     section( char sep, int start, int end = 0xffffffff, int flags = SectionDefault ) const;
    #ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
        QString      section( const char *in_sep, int start, int end = 0xffffffff, int flags = SectionDefault ) const;
    #endif
        QString     section( const QString &in_sep, int start, int end = 0xffffffff, int flags = SectionDefault ) const;
    #ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP
        QString     section( const QRegExp &reg, int start, int end = 0xffffffff, int flags = SectionDefault ) const;
    #endif

        QString     left( uint len )  const;
        QString     right( uint len ) const;
        QString     mid( uint index, uint len=0xffffffff) const;

        QString     leftJustify( uint width, QChar fill=' ', bool trunc=FALSE)const;
        QString     rightJustify( uint width, QChar fill=' ',bool trunc=FALSE)const;

        QString     lower() const;
        QString     upper() const;

        QString     stripWhiteSpace()       const;
        QString     simplifyWhiteSpace()    const;

        QString    &insert( uint index, const QString & );
        QString    &insert( uint index, const QChar*, uint len );
        QString    &insert( uint index, QChar );
        QString    &insert( uint index, char c ) { return insert(index,QChar(c)); }
        QString    &append( char );
        QString    &append( QChar );
        QString    &append( const QString & );
        QString    &prepend( char );
        QString    &prepend( QChar );
        QString    &prepend( const QString & );
        QString    &remove( uint index, uint len );
        QString    &replace( uint index, uint len, const QString & );
        QString    &replace( uint index, uint len, const QChar*, uint clen );
    #ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP
        QString    &replace( const QRegExp &, const QString & );
    #endif
        short       toShort( bool *ok=0, int base=10 )      const;
        ushort      toUShort( bool *ok=0, int base=10 )     const;
        int         toInt( bool *ok=0, int base=10 )        const;
        uint        toUInt( bool *ok=0, int base=10 )       const;
        long        toLong( bool *ok=0, int base=10 )       const;
        ulong       toULong( bool *ok=0, int base=10 )      const;
        float       toFloat( bool *ok=0 )   const;
        double      toDouble( bool *ok=0 )  const;

        QString    &setNum( short, int base=10 );
        QString    &setNum( ushort, int base=10 );
        QString    &setNum( int, int base=10 );
        QString    &setNum( uint, int base=10 );
        QString    &setNum( long, int base=10 );
        QString    &setNum( ulong, int base=10 );
        QString    &setNum( float, char f='g', int prec=6 );
        QString    &setNum( double, char f='g', int prec=6 );

        static QString number( long, int base=10 );
        static QString number( ulong, int base=10);
        static QString number( int, int base=10 );
        static QString number( uint, int base=10);
        static QString number( double, char f='g', int prec=6 );

        void        setExpand( uint index, QChar c );

        QString    &operator+=( const QString &str );
        QString    &operator+=( QChar c );
        QString    &operator+=( char c );

        QChar at( uint i ) const
            { return i < d->len ? d->unicode[i] : QChar::null; }
        QChar operator[]( int i ) const { return at((uint)i); }
        QCharRef at( uint i );
        QCharRef operator[]( int i );

        QChar constref(uint i) const
            { return at(i); }
        QChar& ref(uint i)
            { // Optimized for easy-inlining by simple compilers.
                if ( d->count != 1 || i >= d->len )
                    subat( i );
                d->setDirty();
                return d->unicode[i];
            }

        const QChar* unicode() const { return d->unicode; }
        const char* ascii() const { return latin1(); }
        const char* latin1() const;
        static QString fromLatin1(const char*, int len=-1);
    #ifndef QT_NO_TEXTCODEC
        QCString utf8() const;
        static QString fromUtf8(const char*, int len=-1);
    #endif
        QCString local8Bit() const;
        static QString fromLocal8Bit(const char*, int len=-1);
        bool operator!() const;
    #ifndef QT_NO_ASCII_CAST
        operator const char *() const { return latin1(); }
    #endif

        QString &setUnicode( const QChar* unicode, uint len );
        QString &setUnicodeCodes( const ushort* unicode_as_ushorts, uint len );
        QString &setLatin1( const char*, int len=-1 );

        int compare( const QString& s ) const;
        static int compare( const QString& s1, const QString& s2 )
        { return s1.compare( s2 ); }

        int localeAwareCompare( const QString& s ) const;
        static int localeAwareCompare( const QString& s1, const QString& s2 )
        { return s1.localeAwareCompare( s2 ); }

    #ifndef QT_NO_DATASTREAM
        friend Q_EXPORT QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &, QString & );
    #endif

        void compose();

    #ifndef QT_NO_COMPAT
        const char* data() const { return latin1(); }
    #endif

        bool startsWith( const QString& ) const;
        bool endsWith( const QString& ) const;

        void setLength( uint newLength );

        bool simpleText() const { if ( d->dirty ) checkSimpleText(); return (bool)d->simpletext; }
        bool isRightToLeft() const;

    private:
        /*
          In Qt 1.0 and 2.0, users could write
          str.replace(QString("foo"), QString("bar")) and "foo" was
          automatically converted into a regexp.

          In Qt 3.0, this gives a compiler error. Users have to write
          QRegExp("foo"). In Qt 3.1 or 4.0, we will move replace() to the
          public API.
        */
        QString& replace( const QString &, const QString & ) { return *this; }

        QString( int size, bool /* dummy */ );	// allocate size incl. \0

        void deref();
        void real_detach();
        void subat( uint );
        bool findArg(int& pos, int& len) const;

        void checkSimpleText() const;

        static QChar* asciiToUnicode( const char*, uint * len, uint maxlen=(uint)-1 );
        static QChar* asciiToUnicode( const QByteArray&, uint * len );
        static char* unicodeToAscii( const QChar*, uint len );

        QStringData *d;
        static QStringData* shared_null;
        static QStringData* makeSharedNull();

        friend class QConstString;
        QString( QStringData* dd, bool /* dummy */ ) : d(dd) { }
    };

    class Q_EXPORT QCharRef {
        friend class QString;
        QString& s;
        uint p;
        QCharRef(QString* str, uint pos) : s(*str), p(pos) { }

    public:
        // most QChar operations repeated here...

        // all this is not documented: We just say "like QChar" and let it be.
    #ifndef Q_QDOC
        ushort unicode() const { return s.constref(p).unicode(); }
        char latin1() const { return s.constref(p).latin1(); }

        // An operator= for each QChar cast constructor...
        QCharRef operator=(char c ) { s.ref(p)=c; return *this; }
        QCharRef operator=(uchar c ) { s.ref(p)=c; return *this; }
        QCharRef operator=(QChar c ) { s.ref(p)=c; return *this; }
        QCharRef operator=(const QCharRef& c ) { s.ref(p)=c.unicode(); return *this; }
        QCharRef operator=(ushort rc ) { s.ref(p)=rc; return *this; }
        QCharRef operator=(short rc ) { s.ref(p)=rc; return *this; }
        QCharRef operator=(uint rc ) { s.ref(p)=rc; return *this; }
        QCharRef operator=(int rc ) { s.ref(p)=rc; return *this; }

        operator QChar () const { return s.constref(p); }

        // each function...
        bool isNull() const { return unicode()==0; }
        bool isPrint() const { return s.constref(p).isPrint(); }
        bool isPunct() const { return s.constref(p).isPunct(); }
        bool isSpace() const { return s.constref(p).isSpace(); }
        bool isMark() const { return s.constref(p).isMark(); }
        bool isLetter() const { return s.constref(p).isLetter(); }
        bool isNumber() const { return s.constref(p).isNumber(); }
        bool isLetterOrNumber() { return s.constref(p).isLetterOrNumber(); }
        bool isDigit() const { return s.constref(p).isDigit(); }

        int digitValue() const { return s.constref(p).digitValue(); }
        QChar lower() const { return s.constref(p).lower(); }
        QChar upper() const { return s.constref(p).upper(); }

        QChar::Category category() const { return s.constref(p).category(); }
        QChar::Direction direction() const { return s.constref(p).direction(); }
        QChar::Joining joining() const { return s.constref(p).joining(); }
        bool mirrored() const { return s.constref(p).mirrored(); }
        QChar mirroredChar() const { return s.constref(p).mirroredChar(); }
        const QString &decomposition() const { return s.constref(p).decomposition(); }
        QChar::Decomposition decompositionTag() const { return s.constref(p).decompositionTag(); }
        unsigned char combiningClass() const { return s.constref(p).combiningClass(); }

        // Not the non-const ones of these.
        uchar cell() const { return s.constref(p).cell(); }
        uchar row() const { return s.constref(p).row(); }
    #endif
    };

    inline QCharRef QString::at( uint i ) { return QCharRef(this,i); }
    inline QCharRef QString::operator[]( int i ) { return at((uint)i); }

    class Q_EXPORT QConstString : private QString {
    public:
        QConstString( const QChar* unicode, uint length );
        ~QConstString();
        const QString& string() const { return *this; }
    };

    /*****************************************************************************
      QString stream functions
     *****************************************************************************/
    #ifndef QT_NO_DATASTREAM
    Q_EXPORT QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &, const QString & );
    Q_EXPORT QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &, QString & );
    #endif

    /*****************************************************************************
      QString inline functions
     *****************************************************************************/

    // These two move code into makeSharedNull() and deletesData()
    // to improve cache-coherence (and reduce code bloat), while
    // keeping the common cases fast.
    //
    // No safe way to pre-init shared_null on ALL compilers/linkers.
    inline QString::QString() :
        d(shared_null ? shared_null : makeSharedNull())
    {
        d->ref();
    }
    //
    inline QString::~QString()
    {
        if ( d->deref() ) {
            if ( d == shared_null )
                shared_null = 0;
            d->deleteSelf();
        }
    }

    inline QString QString::section( QChar sep, int start, int end, int flags ) const
    { return section(QString(sep), start, end, flags); }

    inline QString QString::section( char sep, int start, int end, int flags ) const
    { return section(QChar(sep), start, end, flags); }

    #ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
    inline QString QString::section( const char *in_sep, int start, int end, int flags ) const
    { return section(QString(in_sep), start, end, flags); }
    #endif

    inline QString &QString::operator=( QChar c )
    { return *this = QString(c); }

    inline QString &QString::operator=( char c )
    { return *this = QString(QChar(c)); }

    inline bool QString::isNull() const
    { return unicode() == 0; }

    inline bool QString::operator!() const
    { return isNull(); }

    inline uint QString::length() const
    { return d->len; }

    inline bool QString::isEmpty() const
    { return length() == 0; }

    inline QString QString::copy() const
    { return QString( *this ); }

    inline QString &QString::prepend( const QString & s )
    { return insert(0,s); }

    inline QString &QString::prepend( QChar c )
    { return insert(0,c); }

    inline QString &QString::prepend( char c )
    { return insert(0,c); }

    inline QString &QString::append( const QString & s )
    { return operator+=(s); }

    inline QString &QString::append( QChar c )
    { return operator+=(c); }

    inline QString &QString::append( char c )
    { return operator+=(c); }

    inline QString &QString::setNum( short n, int base )
    { return setNum((long)n, base); }

    inline QString &QString::setNum( ushort n, int base )
    { return setNum((ulong)n, base); }

    inline QString &QString::setNum( int n, int base )
    { return setNum((long)n, base); }

    inline QString &QString::setNum( uint n, int base )
    { return setNum((ulong)n, base); }

    inline QString &QString::setNum( float n, char f, int prec )
    { return setNum((double)n,f,prec); }

    inline QString QString::arg(int a, int fieldwidth, int base) const
    { return arg((long)a, fieldwidth, base); }

    inline QString QString::arg(uint a, int fieldwidth, int base) const
    { return arg((ulong)a, fieldwidth, base); }

    inline QString QString::arg(short a, int fieldwidth, int base) const
    { return arg((long)a, fieldwidth, base); }

    inline QString QString::arg(ushort a, int fieldwidth, int base) const
    { return arg((ulong)a, fieldwidth, base); }

    inline int QString::find( char c, int index, bool cs ) const
    { return find(QChar(c), index, cs); }

    inline int QString::findRev( char c, int index, bool cs) const
    { return findRev( QChar(c), index, cs ); }

    #ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
    inline int QString::find( const char* str, int index ) const
    { return find(QString::fromLatin1(str), index); }

    inline int QString::findRev( const char* str, int index ) const
    { return findRev(QString::fromLatin1(str), index); }
    #endif

    /*****************************************************************************
      QString non-member operators
     *****************************************************************************/

    Q_EXPORT bool operator!=( const QString &s1, const QString &s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator<( const QString &s1, const QString &s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator<=( const QString &s1, const QString &s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator==( const QString &s1, const QString &s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator>( const QString &s1, const QString &s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator>=( const QString &s1, const QString &s2 );
    #ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
    Q_EXPORT bool operator!=( const QString &s1, const char *s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator<( const QString &s1, const char *s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator<=( const QString &s1, const char *s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator==( const QString &s1, const char *s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator>( const QString &s1, const char *s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator>=( const QString &s1, const char *s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator!=( const char *s1, const QString &s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator<( const char *s1, const QString &s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator<=( const char *s1, const QString &s2 );
    Q_EXPORT bool operator==( const char *s1, const QString &s2 );
    //Q_EXPORT bool operator>( const char *s1, const QString &s2 ); // MSVC++
    Q_EXPORT bool operator>=( const char *s1, const QString &s2 );
    #endif

    Q_EXPORT inline const QString operator+( const QString &s1, const QString &s2 )
    {
        QString tmp( s1 );
        tmp += s2;
        return tmp;
    }

    #ifndef QT_NO_CAST_ASCII
    Q_EXPORT inline const QString operator+( const QString &s1, const char *s2 )
    {
        QString tmp( s1 );
        tmp += QString::fromLatin1(s2);
        return tmp;
    }

    Q_EXPORT inline const QString operator+( const char *s1, const QString &s2 )
    {
        QString tmp = QString::fromLatin1( s1 );
        tmp += s2;
        return tmp;
    }
    #endif

    Q_EXPORT inline const QString operator+( const QString &s1, QChar c2 )
    {
        QString tmp( s1 );
        tmp += c2;
        return tmp;
    }

    Q_EXPORT inline const QString operator+( const QString &s1, char c2 )
    {
        QString tmp( s1 );
        tmp += c2;
        return tmp;
    }

    Q_EXPORT inline const QString operator+( QChar c1, const QString &s2 )
    {
        QString tmp;
        tmp += c1;
        tmp += s2;
        return tmp;
    }

    Q_EXPORT inline const QString operator+( char c1, const QString &s2 )
    {
        QString tmp;
        tmp += c1;
        tmp += s2;
        return tmp;
    }

    #if defined(Q_OS_WIN32)
    extern Q_EXPORT QString qt_winQString(void*);
    extern Q_EXPORT const void* qt_winTchar(const QString& str, bool addnul);
    extern Q_EXPORT void* qt_winTchar_new(const QString& str);
    extern Q_EXPORT QCString qt_winQString2MB( const QString& s, int len=-1 );
    extern Q_EXPORT QString qt_winMB2QString( const char* mb, int len=-1 );
    #endif

    #endif // QSTRING_H