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/*!
    \page qtcore-changes-qt6.html
    \title Changes to Qt Core
    \ingroup changes-qt-5-to-6
    \brief Migrate Qt Core to Qt 6.

    Qt 6 is a result of the conscious effort to make the framework more
    efficient and easy to use.

    We try to maintain binary and source compatibility for all the public
    APIs in each release. But some changes were inevitable in an effort to
    make Qt a better framework.

    In this topic we summarize those changes in Qt Core, and provide guidance
    to handle them.

    \section1 Container Classes

    \section2 QHash, QMultiHash, QSet

    \section3 qHash() Signature

    For custom types, QHash and QMultiHash rely on you providing
    a \l{qHash}{custom qHash() function}
    in the same namespace. In Qt 4 and Qt 5, the return
    value and optional second argument of a \c qHash function
    was of type \c uint. In Qt 6, it is \c size_t.

    That is, you need to change

    \code
    uint qHash(MyType x, uint seed);
    \endcode

    to

    \code
    size_t qHash(MyType x, size_t seed);
    \endcode

    This allows QHash, QMultiHash and QSet to hold more than 2^32 items on
    64 bit platforms.

    \section3 Stability of References

    The implementation of QHash and QMultiHash in Qt 6 got changed from
    a node based approach to a two stage lookup table. This design allows
    to keep the memory overhead of a hash instance very small, while
    at the same time giving good performance.

    One behavioral change to note is that the new QHash implementation
    will not provide stable references to elements in the hash when the
    table needs to grow, or when entries are removed. Applications that
    rely on such stability might now run into undefined behavior.

    \section3 Removal of QHash::insertMulti

    In Qt 5, QHash could be used to create multi-valued hashes by using
    QHash::insertMulti, and QMultiHash was deriving vom QHash.

    In Qt 6, both types and use cases are distinct, and QHash::insertMulti
    got removed.

    \section2 QVector, QList

    Prior to Qt 6, QVector and QList were separate classes. In Qt 6, they are
    unified: Qt 5 QList implementation is gone and both classes use updated
    QVector implementation instead. QList is the class with the actual
    implementation and QVector is an alias (typedef) to QList.

    QList's fromVector() and toVector(), and QVector's fromList() and toList(),
    no longer involve data copying in Qt 6. They now return the object that they
    were called for.

    \section3 API Changes

    QList's (and hence QVector's) size type is changed from \c int to \c
    qsizetype. Together with the size type, all relevant methods' signatures are
    updated to use \c qsizetype. This allows QList to hold more than 2^31 items
    on 64 bit platforms.

    When upgrading the code base to Qt 6, this API change would most likely
    result in compiler warnings about narrowing type conversions. Having the
    following example code:

    \code
    void myFunction(QList<MyType> &data) {
        int size = data.size();
        // ...
        const int pos = getInsertPosition(size);
        data.insert(pos, MyType());
        // ...
    }
    \endcode

    you would need to update it to use either \c qsizetype or an auto keyword:

    \code
    void myFunction(QList<MyType> &data) {
        auto size = data.size();
        // ...
        const auto pos = getInsertPosition(size);
        data.insert(pos, MyType());
        // ...
    }
    \endcode

    Alternatively, you may use type casting and cast everything to \c int or to
    \c qsizetype.

    \note If you want to build against both Qt 5 and Qt 6, the auto keyword is a
    good solution to cover signature differences between the versions.

    \section3 Memory Layout

    QList received multiple changes related to the memory layout in Qt 6.

    In Qt 5, \c{sizeof(QList<T>)} was equal to a size of a pointer. Now, the
    extra pointer indirection is removed and QList data members are directly
    stored in the object. By default, expect \c{sizeof(QList<T>)} to be equal to
    the size of 3 pointers.

    At the same time, memory layout of the elements is also updated. QList now
    always stores its elements directly in the allocated memory region as
    opposed to Qt 5, where certain objects were separately allocated on the heap
    and pointers to the objects were placed into the QList instead.

    Note that the latter, in particular, affects large objects. To have Qt 5
    behavior, you could wrap your objects into smart pointers and store these
    smart pointers in QList directly. In this case, the type of your QList would
    be \c{QList<MySmartPointer<MyLargeObject>>} as opposed to
    \c{QList<MyLargeObject>} in Qt 5.

    \section3 Stability of References

    There are several changes made to the QVector/QList implementation. The
    QVector related one is: insertion at the beginning is optimized (similarly
    to QList in Qt 5). The QList related one is: memory layout for the elements
    is simplified.

    \important These changes impact the stability of references. In Qt 6, you
    should consider any size or capacity modifying method to invalidate all
    references, even when QList is not \l{Implicit Sharing}{implicitly shared}.
    Exceptions to this rule are documented explicitly.

    Applications that rely on certain reference stability might run into
    undefined behavior when upgraded to use Qt 6. You should pay extra attention
    to cases where QVector or QList with a non C-compatible array layout were
    used originally.

    \section1 View classes in Qt6

    \section2 General Overview

    There are several new \c View classes coming with Qt6. There is the already
    existing \l QStringView, now accompanied by \l QByteArrayView and followed
    by a specialized \l QUtf8StringView and a more universal \l QAnyStringView.

    \section2 Introduction to view classes on the example of QStringView

    The QStringView class provides a unified view on UTF-16 strings with a
    read-only subset of the QString API. Unlike QString, which keeps its own
    copy of the string (possibly ref-counted), QStringView provides a view of
    a string that is stored elsewhere.

    \code
        char hello[]{ "Hello." };   // narrow multi-byte string literal
        QString str{hello};         // needs to make a copy of the string literal
        QString strToStr(str);      // atomic increment involved to not create a copy of hello again

        // The above code can be re-written to avoid copying and atomic increment.

        QStringView view{ u"Hello." };  // view to UTF-16 encoded string literal
        QStringView viewToView{ view }; // view of the same UTF-16 encoded string literal
    \endcode

    The string \c "Hello." is stored in the binary and is not allocated at
    run-time. \c view is only a view onto the string \c "Hello.", therefore
    no copy has to be created. When we copy a QStringView, the \c viewToView
    observes the same string as the copied-from \c view is observing. This
    means that \c viewToView does not need to create a copy or an atomic
    increment. They are views onto the existing string \c "Hello.".

    \section2 Views as function argument

    Views should be passed by value, not by reference-to-const.

    \code
        void myfun1(QStringView sv);        // preferred
        void myfun2(const QStringView &sv); // compiles and works, but slower
    \endcode

    \section2 View manipulation functions

    QStringView supports functions that let us manipulate the view of the
    string. This allows us to change the view without creating a partial copy
    of the viewed string.

    \code
        QString pineapple = "Pineapple";
        QString pine = pineapple.left(4);

        // The above code can be re-written to avoid creating a partial copy.

        QStringView pineappleView{ pineapple };
        QStringView pineView = pineappleView.left(4);
    \endcode

    \section2 Non null-terminated strings and strings containing \c {'\0'}

    QStringView supports both null-terminated and non null-terminated strings.
    The difference comes from the way you initialize the QStringView:

    \code
        QChar aToE[]{ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e' };

        QStringView nonNull{ aToE, std::size(aToE) }; // with length given
        QStringView nonNull{ aToE }; // automatically determines the length

        QChar fToJ[]{ 'f', 'g', 'h', '\0', 'j' };

        // uses given length, doesn't search for '\0', so '\0' at position 3
        // is considered to be a part of the string similarly to 'h' and 'j
        QStringView nonNull{ fToJ, std::size(fToJ) };
        QStringView part{ fToJ }; //stops on the first encounter of '\0'
    \endcode

    \section2 Ownership model of views

    As \c views do not own the memory they reference, care must be taken to
    ensure that the referenced data (for example, owned by a \l QString)
    outlives the \c view on all code paths.

    \badcode
        QStringView sayHello()
        {
            QString hello("Hello.");
            return QStringView{ hello }; // hello gets out of scope and destroyed
        }

        void main()
        {
            QStringView hello{ sayHello() };
            qDebug() << hello; // undefined behavior
        }
    \endcode

    \section2 Converting an QStringView to QString

    QStringView will not implicitly or explicitly convert to a QString, but can
    create a deep copy of its data:

    \code
        void print(const QString &s) { qDebug() << s; }

        void main()
        {
            QStringView string{ u"string"};

            // print(string); // invalid, no implicit conversion
            // QString str{ string }; // invalid, no explicit conversion

            print(string.toString());
            QString str = string.toString(); // create QString from view
        }
    \endcode

    \section2 Important notes

    By leveraging the new view classes, one can achieve a lot of performance
    boost in many use cases. However, it is important to know that there might
    be some caveats. Therefore it is important to remember:

    \list
        \li Views should be passed by value, not by reference-to-const.
        \li Constructing a view with a negative length is undefined behavior.
        \li Care must be taken to ensure that the referenced data (for example,
            owned by a \l QString) outlives the view on all code paths.
    \endlist

    \section1 String related classes

    \section2 QStringView

    Starting with Qt6 it is generally recommended to use \l QStringView over
    \c QStringRef. \l QStringView references a contiguous portion of a UTF-16
    string it does not own. It acts as an interface type to all kinds of UTF-16
    strings, without the need to construct a \l QString first. The \l QStringView
    class exposes almost all read-only methods of \l QString and the previously
    existing \c QStringRef class.

    \note Care must be taken to ensure that the referenced string data (for
    example, owned by a \l QString) outlives the \l QStringView on all code paths.

    \note If a \l QStringView wraps a \l QString, care needs to be taken since
    unlike \c QStringRef \l QStringView will not update the internal data pointer
    once the \l QString data relocates.

    \code
        QString string = ...;
        QStringView view{string};

        // Appending something very long might cause a relocation and will
        // ultimately result in a garbled QStringView.
        string += ...;
    \endcode

    \section2 QStringRef

    In Qt6 \l QStringRef got removed from Qt Core. To ease porting of existing
    applications without touching the whole code-base, the \c QStringRef class
    did not vanish completely and instead it got moved into the Qt5Compat module.

    If you want to use \c QStringRef further, you need to link against the new
    Qt5Compat module and add this line to your \l qmake \c .pro file:
    \code
        QT += core5compat
    \endcode

    In case you already ported your application or library to the
    \l {Build with CMake}{cmake} build system, add the following to your
    \c CMakeList.txt:
    \code
        PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
            Qt::Core5Compat
    \endcode

    Unfortunately, some methods exposed by \l QString returning a \c QStringRef,
    could not be moved to Qt5Compat. Therefore some manually porting may be
    needed. If your code uses one or more of the following functions you need to
    port them to use \l QStringView or \l QStringTokenizer. It is also
    recommended to use \l {QStringView::tokenize} over \l {QStringView::split}
    for performance critical code.

    Change code using \c QStringRef:
    \code
        QString string = ...;
        QStringRef left = string.leftRef(n);
        QStringRef mid = string.midRef(n);
        QStringRef right = string.rightRef(n);

        QString value = ...;
        const QVector<QStringRef> refs = string.splitRef(' ');
        if (refs.contains(value))
            return true;
    \endcode

    to:

    \code
        QString string = ...;
        QStringView left = QStringView{string}.left(n);
        QStringView mid = QStringView{string}.mid(n);
        QStringView right = QStringView{string}.right(n);

        QString value = ...;
        const QList<QStringView> refs = QStringView{string}.split(u' ');
        if (refs.contains(QStringView{value}))
            return true;
        // or
        const auto refs = QStringView{string}.tokenize(u' ');
        for (auto ref : refs) {
            if (ref == value)
                return true;
        }
    \endcode

    \section1 QFuture and Related Classes

    \section2 QFuture

    To avoid unintended usage of QFuture, there were some changes to
    QFuture API in Qt 6, which may introduce source compatibility breaks.

    \section3 Implicit conversions between QFuture and other types

    Conversion of \c QFuture<T> to \c T has been disabled. The casting
    operator was calling QFuture::result(), which may lead to undefined
    behavior if the user has moved the results from QFuture via
    QFuture::takeResult() before trying to do the conversion. Use
    QFuture::result() or QFuture::takeResult() methods explicitly,
    where you need to convert \c QFuture<T> to \c T.

    The implicit conversion from \c QFuture<T> to \c QFuture<void> has
    been also disabled. If you really intend to do the conversion, use the
    explicit \c {QFuture<void>(const QFuture<T> &)} constructor:

    \code
    QFuture<int> future = ...
    QFuture<void> voidFuture = QFuture<void>(future);
    \endcode

    \section3 Equality operators

    The equality operators of QFuture have been removed. They were comparing
    the underlying d-pointers instead of comparing the results, which is not
    what users might expect. If you need to compare QFuture objects, use
    \c QFuture::result() or \c QFuture::takeResult() methods. For example:

    \code
    QFuture<int> future1 = ...;
    QFuture<int> future2 = ...;
    if (future1.result() == future2.result())
        // ...
    \endcode

    \section2 Behavioral Changes to QFuture and QFutureWatcher

    In Qt 6, there were some improvements to QFuture and QFutureWatcher which
    caused the following behavioral changes:

    \list

    \li After pausing QFuture or QFutureWatcher (by calling \c pause() or
    \c setPaused(true)), QFutureWatcher will not immediately stop delivering
    progress and result ready signals. At the moment of pausing there may be
    still computations that are in progress and cannot be stopped. Signals
    for such computations may be still delivered after pause, instead of being
    postponed and reported only after next resume. To get notified when pause
    actually took effect, QFutureWatcher::suspended() signal can be used. In
    addition, there are new \c isSuspending() and \c isSuspended() methods,
    to check if the QFuture is in the process of suspending or it's already in
    the suspended state. Note that for consistency reasons, for both QFuture
    and QFutureWatcher the pause-related APIs were deprecated and replaced by
    similar methods having "suspend" in the name instead.

    \li QFuture::waitForFinished() will now wait until QFuture is actually in
    the finished state, instead of exiting as soon as it is not in the running
    state. This prevents \c waitForFinished() from exiting immediately, if at
    the moment of calling it the future is not started yet. The same applies to
    QFutureWatcher::waitForFinished(). This change won't affect the behavior of
    code that was using QFuture with QtConcurrent. Only the code that was using
    it with the undocumented \c QFutureInterface may be affected.

    \endlist

    \section2 QPromise

    In Qt 6, the new QPromise class should be used instead of unofficial
    QFutureInterface as a "setter" counterpart of QFuture.

    \section1 IO Classes

    \section2 QProcess

    In Qt 6, the QProcess::start() overload that interprets a single command string
    by splitting it into program name and arguments is renamed to QProcess::startCommand().
    However, a QProcess::start() overload that takes a single string, as well as a QStringList
    for arguments exists. Since the QStringList parameter defaults to the empty list, existing
    code only passing a string will still compile, but will fail to execute the process if it
    is a complete command string that includes arguments.

    Qt 5.15 introduced deprecation warnings for the respective overload to make it easy to
    discover and update existing code:

    \code
        QProcess process;

        // compiles with warnings in 5.15, compiles but fails with Qt 6
        process.start("dir \"My Documents\"");

        // works with both Qt 5 and Qt 6; also see QProcess::splitCommand()
        process.start("dir", QStringList({"My Documents"});

        // works with Qt 6
        process.startCommand("dir \"My Documents\"");
    \endcode

    QProcess::pid() and the Q_PID type have been removed; use QProcess::processId() instead to
    get the native process identifier. Code using native Win32 APIs to access the data in the
    Q_PID as a Win32 \c{PROCESS_INFORMATION} struct is no longer supported.

    \section1 Meta-Type system

    \section2 QVariant

    \c QVariant has been rewritten to use \c QMetaType for all of its operations. This implies
    behavior changes in a few methods:

    \list

    \li \c QVariant::isNull() now only returns \c true if the \c QVariant is empty or contains a
    \c nullptr. In Qt 5, it also returned true for classes in qtbase which had an \c isNull method
    themselves if that one returned true. Code relying on the old behavior needs to check whether
    the contained value returs isNull – however such code is unlikely to occur in practice, as
    \c isNull() is rarely the property one is interested in (compare \c QString::isEmpty() / \c isNull()
    and \c QTime::isValid / \c isNull).

    \li \c QVariant::operator== uses \c QMetaType::equals in Qt 6. Therefore, some graphical
    types like \c QPixmap, \c QImage and \c QIcon will never compare equal. Moreover, floating
    point numbers stored in \c QVariant are no longer compared with \c qFuzzyCompare, but instead
    use exact comparisons.

    \endlist

    \section2 QMetaType

    In Qt 6, registration of comparators, and \cQDebug and \QDataStream streaming operators is
    done automatically. Consequently, \c QMetaType::registerEqualsComparator(),
    \c QMetaType::registerComparators(), \c qRegisterMetaTypeStreamOperators() and
    \c QMetaType::registerDebugStreamOperator() do no longer exist. Calls to those methods
    have to be removed when porting to Qt 6.

    \section2 Type registration

    Types used in \c Q_PROPERTY have their meta-type stored in the class'  \c QMetaObject. This
    requires the types to be complete when moc sees them, which can lead to compilation errors
    in code that worked in Qt 5. There are three ways to fix this issue:

    \list

    \li Include the header which defines the type.
    \li Instead of using an include, use the \c Q_MOC_INCLUDE macro. This helps if including the header
        would cause a cyclic dependency, or when it would slow down compilation.
    \li If the header is present in the cpp file which implements the class, it is also possible to include
        the moc generated file there.

    \endlist

    \section1 Regular expression classes

    \section2 QRegularExpression

    In Qt6, all methods taking the \c QRegExp got removed from our code-base.
    Therefore it is very likely that you will have to port your application or
    library to \l QRegularExpression.

    \l QRegularExpression implements Perl-compatible regular expressions. It
    fully supports Unicode. For an overview of the regular expression syntax
    supported by \l QRegularExpression, please refer to the aforementioned
    pcrepattern(3) man page. A regular expression is made up of two things: a
    pattern string and a set of pattern options that change the meaning of the
    pattern string.

    There are some subtle differences between \l QRegularExpression and \c
    QRegExp that will be explained by this document to ease the porting effort.

    \l QRegularExpression is more strict when it comes to the syntax of the
    regular expression. Therefore it is always good to check the expression
    for \l {QRegularExpression::isValid}{validity}.

    \l QRegularExpression can almost always be declared const (except when the
    pattern changes), while \c QRegExp almost never could be.

    There is no replacement for the \l {QRegExp::CaretMode}{CaretMode}
    enumeration. The \l {QRegularExpression::AnchoredMatchOption} match option
    can be used to emulate the QRegExp::CaretAtOffset behavior. There is no
    equivalent for the other QRegExp::CaretMode modes.

    \l QRegularExpression supports only Perl-compatible regular expressions.
    Still, it does not support all the features available in Perl-compatible
    regular expressions. The most notable one is the fact that duplicated names
    for capturing groups are not supported, and using them can lead to
    undefined behavior. This may change in a future version of Qt.

    \section3 Wildcard matching

    There is no direct way to do wildcard matching in \l QRegularExpression.
    However, the \l {QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression} method
    is provided to translate glob patterns into a Perl-compatible regular
    expression that can be used for that purpose.

    \oldcode
        QRegExp wildcard("*.txt");
        wildcard.setPatternSyntax(QRegExp::Wildcard);
    \newcode
        auto wildcard = QRegularExpression(QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression("*.txt"));
    \endcode

    Please note though that not all shell like wildcard pattern might be
    translated in a way you would expect it. The following example code will
    silently break if simply converted using the above mentioned function:

    \code *
        const QString fp1("C:/Users/dummy/files/content.txt");
        const QString fp2("/home/dummy/files/content.txt");

        QRegExp re1("\1/files/*");
        re1.setPatternSyntax(QRegExp::Wildcard);
        ... = re1.exactMatch(fp1);  // returns true
        ... = re1.exactMatch(fp2);  // returns true

        // but converted with QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression()

        QRegularExpression re2(QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression("\1/files/*"));
        ... = re2.match(fp1).hasMatch();    // returns false
        ... = re2.match(fp2).hasMatch();    // returns false
    \endcode

    \section3 Searching forward

    Forward searching inside a string was usually implemented with a loop using
    \c {QRegExp::indexIn} and a growing offset, but can now be easily implemented
    with \l QRegularExpressionMatchIterator or \l {QString::indexOf}.

    \oldcode
        QString subject("the quick fox");

        int offset = 0;
        QRegExp re("(\\w+)");
        while ((offset = re.indexIn(subject, offset)) != -1) {
            offset += re.matchedLength();
            // ...
        }
    \newcode
        QRegularExpression re("(\\w+)");
        QString subject("the quick fox");

        QRegularExpressionMatchIterator i = re.globalMatch(subject);
        while (i.hasNext()) {
            QRegularExpressionMatch match = i.next();
            // ...
        }

         // or alternatively using QString::indexOf

        qsizetype from = 0;
        QRegularExpressionMatch match;
        while ((from = subject.indexOf(re, from, &match)) != -1) {
            from += match.capturedLength();
            // ...
        }
    \endcode

    \section3 Searching backwards

    Backwards searching inside a string was usually often implemented as a loop
    over \c {QRegExp::lastIndexIn}, but can now be easily implemented using
    \l {QString::lastIndexOf} and \l {QRegularExpressionMatch}.

    \note \l QRegularExpressionMatchIterator is not capable of performing a
    backwards search.

    \oldcode
        int offset = -1;
        QString subject("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing.");

        QRegExp re("\\s+([ids]\\w+)");
        while ((offset = re.lastIndexIn(subject, offset)) != -1) {
            --offset;
            // ...
        }
    \newcode
        qsizetype from = -1;
        QString subject("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing.");

        QRegularExpressionMatch match;
        QRegularExpression re("\\s+([ids]\\w+)");
        while ((from = subject.lastIndexOf(re, from, &match)) != -1) {
            --from;
            // ...
        }
    \endcode

    \section3 exactMatch vs. match.hasMatch

    \c {QRegExp::exactMatch} served two purposes: it exactly matched a regular
    expression against a subject string, and it implemented partial matching.
    Exact matching indicates whether the regular expression matches the entire
    subject string. For example:

    \code
        QString source("abc123");

        QRegExp("\\d+").exactMatch(source);         // returns false
        QRegExp("[a-z]+\\d+").exactMatch(source);   // returns true

        QRegularExpression("\\d+").match(source).hasMatch();        // returns true
        QRegularExpression("[a-z]+\\d+").match(source).hasMatch();  // returns true
    \endcode

    Exact matching is not reflected in \l QRegularExpression. If you want to be
    sure that the subject string matches the regular expression exactly, you
    can wrap the pattern using the \l {QRegularExpression::anchoredPattern}
    function:

    \code
        QString source("abc123");

        QString pattern("\\d+");
        QRegularExpression(pattern).match(source).hasMatch();  // returns true

        pattern = QRegularExpression::anchoredPattern(pattern);
        QRegularExpression(pattern).match(source).hasMatch();  // returns false
    \endcode

    \section3 Minimal matching

    \c QRegExp::setMinimal() implemented minimal matching by simply reversing
    the greediness of the quantifiers (\c QRegExp did not support lazy
    quantifiers, like *?, +?, etc.). QRegularExpression instead does support
    greedy, lazy and possessive quantifiers. The \l
    {QRegularExpression::InvertedGreedinessOption} pattern option can be useful
    to emulate the effects of \c QRegExp::setMinimal(): if enabled, it inverts
    the greediness of quantifiers (greedy ones become lazy and vice versa).

    \section3 Different pattern syntax

    Porting a regular expression from \c QRegExp to \l QRegularExpression may
    require changes to the pattern itself. Therefore it is recommended to check
    the pattern used with the \l {QRegularExpression::isValid} method. This is
    especially important for user provided pattern or pattern not controlled by
    the developer.

    In other cases, a pattern ported from \c QRegExp to \l QRegularExpression may
    silently change semantics. Therefore, it is necessary to review the patterns
    used. The most notable cases of silent incompatibility are:

    \list
        \li Curly braces are needed in order to use a hexadecimal escape like \c
            {\xHHHH} with more than 2 digits. A pattern like \c {\x2022} needs
            to be ported to \c {\x{2022}}, or it will match a space \c {(0x20)}
            followed by the string \c {"22"}. In general, it is highly recommended
            to always use curly braces with the \c {\x} escape, no matter the
            amount of digits specified.

        \li A \c{0-to-n} quantification like \c {{,n}} needs to be ported to
            \c {{0,n}} to preserve semantics. Otherwise, a pattern such as
            \c {\d{,3}} would actually match a digit followed by the exact
            string \c {"{,3}"}.
    \endlist

    \section3 Partial Matching

    When using \c QRegExp::exactMatch(), if an exact match was not found, one
    could still find out how much of the subject string was matched by the
    regular expression by calling \c QRegExp::matchedLength(). If the returned
    length was equal to the subject string's length, then one could conclude
    that a partial match was found.
    \l QRegularExpression supports partial matching explicitly by means of the
    appropriate \l {QRegularExpression::MatchType}.

    \section3 Global matching

    Due to limitations of the \c QRegExp API it was impossible to implement
    global matching correctly (that is, like Perl does). In particular, patterns
    that can match zero characters (like "a*") are problematic. \l
    {QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression} implements Perl global
    match correctly, and the returned iterator can be used to examine each
    result.

    \section3 Unicode properties support

    When using \c QRegExp, character classes such as \c{\w}, \c{\d}, etc. match
    characters with the corresponding Unicode property: for instance, \c{\d}
    matches any character with the Unicode Nd (decimal digit) property. Those
    character classes only match ASCII characters by default. When using \l
    QRegularExpression: for instance, \c{\d} matches exactly a character in the
    0-9 ASCII range. It is possible to change this behavior by using the \l
    {QRegularExpression::UseUnicodePropertiesOption}
    pattern option.

    \section2 QRegExp

    In Qt6 \l QRegExp got removed from Qt Core. If your application cannot be
    ported right now, \c QRegExp still exists in Qt5Compat to keep these
    code-bases working. If you want to use \c QRegExp further, you need to link
    against the new Qt5Compat module and add this line to your \l qmake \c .pro
    file:
    \code
        QT += core5compat
    \endcode

    In case you already ported your application or library to the
    \l {Build with CMake}{cmake} build system, add the following to your
    \c CMakeList.txt:
    \code
        PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
            Qt::Core5Compat
    \endcode

    \section2 QEvent and subclasses

    The QEvent class defined a copy constructor and an assignment operator,
    in spite of being a polymorphic class. Copying classes with virtual methods
    can result in slicing when assigning objects from different classes to each
    other. Since copying and assigning often happens implicilty, this could
    lead to hard-to-debug problems.

    In Qt 6, the copy constructor and assignment operator for QEvent subclasses
    have been made protected to prevent implicit copying. If you need to copy
    events, use the \l{QEvent::}{clone} method, which will return a heap-allocated
    copy of the QEvent object. Make sure you delete the clone, perhaps using
    std::unique_ptr, unless you post it (in which case Qt will delete it once it
    has been delivered).

    In your QEvent subclasses, override clone(), and declare the protected and
    default-implemented copy constructor and assignment operator like this:

    \code
    class MyEvent : public QEvent
    {
    public:
        // ...

        MyEvent *clone() const override { return new MyEvent(*this); }

    protected:
        MyEvent(const MyEvent &other) = default;
        MyEvent &operator=(const MyEvent &other) = default;
        MyEvent(MyEvent &&) = delete;
        MyEvent &operator=(MyEvent &&) = delete;
        // member data
    };
    \endcode

    Note that if your MyEvent class allocates memory (e.g. through a
    pointer-to-implementation pattern), then you will have to implement
    custom copy semantics.
*/
