[webkit-qt] wchar_t not treated as built-in type on Windows?

[Jocelyn Turcotte]

Hello,

On 2/18/2011 2:09 AM, ext Baldeva, Arpit wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I noticed in the visual studio settings of the QtWebKit project that 
> “Treat wchar_t as Built-in Type” is set to false. Is this a 
> requirement? Would it be safe to change it (locally)?
>

It might be set to false voluntarily, but it's also possible that qmake 
isn't generating the .vcproj files with the right default value.

> I did some search and it seemed like people recommended rebuilding 
> whole Qt framework with wchar_t supported as built-in type in order 
> for it to work. Just for the kicks, I changed the QtWebKit project to 
> recognize wchar_t as built-in type and rebuilt it (Did not build whole 
> Qt framework) and it built and ran fine. But I am not sure if I have 
> overlooked something here.
>

QtWebKit only uses public API from the rest of Qt and wchar_t isn't 
exposed in any Qt API class as far as I know, so it shouldn't be a 
problem for binary compatibility and it's very possible that it's not 
necessary to rebuild Qt.

Jocelyn