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#include "qstringlist.h"
#include "qregexp.h"
#if QT_CONFIG(regularexpression)
#include "qregularexpression.h"
#endif
#include "qunicodetables_p.h"
#if QT_CONFIG(textcodec)
#include <qtextcodec.h>
#endif
#include <private/qutfcodec_p.h>
#include "qlocale_tools_p.h"
#include "private/qsimd_p.h"
#include <qnumeric.h>
#include <qdatastream.h>
#include <qlist.h>
#include "qlocale.h"
#include "qlocale_p.h"
#include "qstringbuilder.h"
#include "qstringmatcher.h"
#include "qvarlengtharray.h"
#include "qdebug.h"
#include "qendian.h"
#include "qcollator.h"

#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
#include <private/qcore_mac_p.h>
#endif

#include <private/qfunctions_p.h>

#include <limits.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <wchar.h>

#include "qchar.cpp"
#include "qstringmatcher.cpp"
#include "qstringiterator_p.h"
#include "qstringalgorithms_p.h"
#include "qthreadstorage.h"

#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
#  include <qt_windows.h>
#endif

#ifdef truncate
#  undef truncate
#endif

#ifndef LLONG_MAX
#define LLONG_MAX qint64_C(9223372036854775807)
#endif
#ifndef LLONG_MIN
#define LLONG_MIN (-LLONG_MAX - qint64_C(1))
#endif
#ifndef ULLONG_MAX
#define ULLONG_MAX quint64_C(18446744073709551615)
#endif

#define IS_RAW_DATA(d) ((d)->offset != sizeof(QStringData))

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

/*
 * Note on the use of SIMD in qstring.cpp:
 *
 * Several operations with strings are improved with the use of SIMD code,
 * since they are repetitive. For MIPS, we have hand-written assembly code
 * outside of qstring.cpp targeting MIPS DSP and MIPS DSPr2. For ARM and for
 * x86, we can only use intrinsics and therefore everything is contained in
 * qstring.cpp. We need to use intrinsics only for those platforms due to the
 * different compilers and toolchains used, which have different syntax for
 * assembly sources.
 *
 * ** SSE notes: **
 *
 * Whenever multiple alternatives are equivalent or near so, we prefer the one
 * using instructions from SSE2, since SSE2 is guaranteed to be enabled for all
 * 64-bit builds and we enable it for 32-bit builds by default. Use of higher
 * SSE versions should be done when there is a clear performance benefit and
 * requires fallback code to SSE2, if it exists.
 *
 * Performance measurement in the past shows that most strings are short in
 * size and, therefore, do not benefit from alignment prologues. That is,
 * trying to find a 16-byte-aligned boundary to operate on is often more
 * expensive than executing the unaligned operation directly. In addition, note
 * that the QString private data is designed so that the data is stored on
 * 16-byte boundaries if the system malloc() returns 16-byte aligned pointers
 * on its own (64-bit glibc on Linux does; 32-bit glibc on Linux returns them
 * 50% of the time), so skipping the alignment prologue is actually optimizing
 * for the common case.
 */

#if defined(__mips_dsp)
// From qstring_mips_dsp_asm.S
extern "C" void qt_fromlatin1_mips_asm_unroll4 (ushort*, const char*, uint);
extern "C" void qt_fromlatin1_mips_asm_unroll8 (ushort*, const char*, uint);
extern "C" void qt_toLatin1_mips_dsp_asm(uchar *dst, const ushort *src, int length);
#endif

// internal
qsizetype qFindStringBoyerMoore(QStringView haystack, qsizetype from, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs);
static inline qsizetype qFindChar(QStringView str, QChar ch, qsizetype from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept;
template <typename Haystack>
static inline qsizetype qLastIndexOf(Haystack haystack, QChar needle, qsizetype from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept;
template <>
inline qsizetype qLastIndexOf(QString haystack, QChar needle,
                              qsizetype from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept = delete; // unwanted, would detach
static inline qsizetype qt_string_count(QStringView haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs);
static inline qsizetype qt_string_count(QStringView haystack, QChar needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs);

static inline bool qt_starts_with(QStringView haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs);
static inline bool qt_starts_with(QStringView haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs);
static inline bool qt_starts_with(QStringView haystack, QChar needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs);
static inline bool qt_ends_with(QStringView haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs);
static inline bool qt_ends_with(QStringView haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs);
static inline bool qt_ends_with(QStringView haystack, QChar needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs);

#if defined(__SSE2__) && defined(Q_CC_GNU) && !defined(Q_CC_INTEL)
#  if defined(__SANITIZE_ADDRESS__) && Q_CC_GNU < 800 && !defined(Q_CC_CLANG)
#     warning "The __attribute__ on below will likely cause a build failure with your GCC version. Your choices are:"
#     warning "1) disable ASan;"
#     warning "2) disable the optimized code in qustrlen (change __SSE2__ to anything else);"
#     warning "3) upgrade your compiler (preferred)."
#  endif

// We may overrun the buffer, but that's a false positive:
// this won't crash nor produce incorrect results
__attribute__((__no_sanitize_address__))
#endif
qsizetype QtPrivate::qustrlen(const ushort *str) noexcept
{
    qsizetype result = 0;

#ifdef __SSE2__
    // find the 16-byte alignment immediately prior or equal to str
    quintptr misalignment = quintptr(str) & 0xf;
    Q_ASSERT((misalignment & 1) == 0);
    const ushort *ptr = str - (misalignment / 2);

    // load 16 bytes and see if we have a null
    // (aligned loads can never segfault)
    const __m128i zeroes = _mm_setzero_si128();
    __m128i data = _mm_load_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr));
    __m128i comparison = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(data, zeroes);
    quint32 mask = _mm_movemask_epi8(comparison);

    // ignore the result prior to the beginning of str
    mask >>= misalignment;

    // Have we found something in the first block? Need to handle it now
    // because of the left shift above.
    if (mask)
        return qCountTrailingZeroBits(quint32(mask)) / 2;

    do {
        ptr += 8;
        data = _mm_load_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr));

        comparison = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(data, zeroes);
        mask = _mm_movemask_epi8(comparison);
    } while (mask == 0);

    // found a null
    uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(quint32(mask));
    return ptr - str + idx / 2;
#endif

    if (sizeof(wchar_t) == sizeof(ushort))
        return wcslen(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(str));

    while (*str++)
        ++result;
    return result;
}

#if !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
namespace {
template <uint MaxCount> struct UnrollTailLoop
{
    template <typename RetType, typename Functor1, typename Functor2, typename Number>
    static inline RetType exec(Number count, RetType returnIfExited, Functor1 loopCheck, Functor2 returnIfFailed, Number i = 0)
    {
        /* equivalent to:
         *   while (count--) {
         *       if (loopCheck(i))
         *           return returnIfFailed(i);
         *   }
         *   return returnIfExited;
         */

        if (!count)
            return returnIfExited;

        bool check = loopCheck(i);
        if (check)
            return returnIfFailed(i);

        return UnrollTailLoop<MaxCount - 1>::exec(count - 1, returnIfExited, loopCheck, returnIfFailed, i + 1);
    }

    template <typename Functor, typename Number>
    static inline void exec(Number count, Functor code)
    {
        /* equivalent to:
         *   for (Number i = 0; i < count; ++i)
         *       code(i);
         */
        exec(count, 0, [=](Number i) -> bool { code(i); return false; }, [](Number) { return 0; });
    }
};
template <> template <typename RetType, typename Functor1, typename Functor2, typename Number>
inline RetType UnrollTailLoop<0>::exec(Number, RetType returnIfExited, Functor1, Functor2, Number)
{
    return returnIfExited;
}
}
#endif

/*!
 * \internal
 *
 * Searches for character \a c in the string \a str and returns a pointer to
 * it. Unlike strchr() and wcschr() (but like glibc's strchrnul()), if the
 * character is not found, this function returns a pointer to the end of the
 * string -- that is, \c{str.end()}.
 */
const ushort *QtPrivate::qustrchr(QStringView str, ushort c) noexcept
{
    const ushort *n = reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(str.begin());
    const ushort *e = reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(str.end());

#ifdef __SSE2__
    bool loops = true;
    // Using the PMOVMSKB instruction, we get two bits for each character
    // we compare.
#  if defined(__AVX2__) && !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
    // we're going to read n[0..15] (32 bytes)
    __m256i mch256 = _mm256_set1_epi32(c | (c << 16));
    for (const ushort *next = n + 16; next <= e; n = next, next += 16) {
        __m256i data = _mm256_loadu_si256(reinterpret_cast<const __m256i *>(n));
        __m256i result = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(data, mch256);
        uint mask = uint(_mm256_movemask_epi8(result));
        if (mask) {
            uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(mask);
            return n + idx / 2;
        }
    }
    loops = false;
    __m128i mch = _mm256_castsi256_si128(mch256);
#  else
    __m128i mch = _mm_set1_epi32(c | (c << 16));
#  endif

    auto hasMatch = [mch, &n](__m128i data, ushort validityMask) {
        __m128i result = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(data, mch);
        uint mask = uint(_mm_movemask_epi8(result));
        if ((mask & validityMask) == 0)
            return false;
        uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(mask);
        n += idx / 2;
        return true;
    };

    // we're going to read n[0..7] (16 bytes)
    for (const ushort *next = n + 8; next <= e; n = next, next += 8) {
        __m128i data = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(n));
        if (hasMatch(data, 0xffff))
            return n;

        if (!loops) {
            n += 8;
            break;
        }
    }

#  if !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
    // we're going to read n[0..3] (8 bytes)
    if (e - n > 3) {
        __m128i data = _mm_loadl_epi64(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(n));
        if (hasMatch(data, 0xff))
            return n;

        n += 4;
    }

    return UnrollTailLoop<3>::exec(e - n, e,
                                   [=](int i) { return n[i] == c; },
                                   [=](int i) { return n + i; });
#  endif
#elif defined(__ARM_NEON__) && defined(Q_PROCESSOR_ARM_64) // vaddv is only available on Aarch64
    const uint16x8_t vmask = { 1, 1 << 1, 1 << 2, 1 << 3, 1 << 4, 1 << 5, 1 << 6, 1 << 7 };
    const uint16x8_t ch_vec = vdupq_n_u16(c);
    for (const ushort *next = n + 8; next <= e; n = next, next += 8) {
        uint16x8_t data = vld1q_u16(n);
        uint mask = vaddvq_u16(vandq_u16(vceqq_u16(data, ch_vec), vmask));
        if (ushort(mask)) {
            // found a match
            return n + qCountTrailingZeroBits(mask);
        }
    }
#endif // aarch64

    --n;
    while (++n != e)
        if (*n == c)
            return n;

    return n;
}

#ifdef __SSE2__
// Scans from \a ptr to \a end until \a maskval is non-zero. Returns true if
// the no non-zero was found. Returns false and updates \a ptr to point to the
// first 16-bit word that has any bit set (note: if the input is 8-bit, \a ptr
// may be updated to one byte short).
static bool simdTestMask(const char *&ptr, const char *end, quint32 maskval)
{
    auto updatePtr = [&](uint result) {
        // found a character matching the mask
        uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(~result);
        ptr += idx;
        return false;
    };

#  if defined(__SSE4_1__)
    __m128i mask;
    auto updatePtrSimd = [&](__m128i data) {
        __m128i masked = _mm_and_si128(mask, data);
        __m128i comparison = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(masked, _mm_setzero_si128());
        uint result = _mm_movemask_epi8(comparison);
        return updatePtr(result);
    };

#    if defined(__AVX2__)
    // AVX2 implementation: test 32 bytes at a time
    const __m256i mask256 = _mm256_broadcastd_epi32(_mm_cvtsi32_si128(maskval));
    while (ptr + 32 <= end) {
        __m256i data = _mm256_loadu_si256(reinterpret_cast<const __m256i *>(ptr));
        if (!_mm256_testz_si256(mask256, data)) {
            // found a character matching the mask
            __m256i masked256 = _mm256_and_si256(mask256, data);
            __m256i comparison256 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(masked256, _mm256_setzero_si256());
            return updatePtr(_mm256_movemask_epi8(comparison256));
        }
        ptr += 32;
    }

    mask = _mm256_castsi256_si128(mask256);
#    else
    // SSE 4.1 implementation: test 32 bytes at a time (two 16-byte
    // comparisons, unrolled)
    mask = _mm_set1_epi32(maskval);
    while (ptr + 32 <= end) {
        __m128i data1 = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr));
        __m128i data2 = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr + 16));
        if (!_mm_testz_si128(mask, data1))
            return updatePtrSimd(data1);

        ptr += 16;
        if (!_mm_testz_si128(mask, data2))
            return updatePtrSimd(data2);
        ptr += 16;
    }
#    endif

    // AVX2 and SSE4.1: final 16-byte comparison
    if (ptr + 16 <= end) {
        __m128i data1 = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr));
        if (!_mm_testz_si128(mask, data1))
            return updatePtrSimd(data1);
        ptr += 16;
    }

    // and final 8-byte comparison
    if (ptr + 8 <= end) {
        __m128i data1 = _mm_loadl_epi64(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr));
        if (!_mm_testz_si128(mask, data1))
            return updatePtrSimd(data1);
        ptr += 8;
    }

#  else
    // SSE2 implementation: test 16 bytes at a time.
    const __m128i mask = _mm_set1_epi32(maskval);
    while (ptr + 16 <= end) {
        __m128i data = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr));
        __m128i masked = _mm_and_si128(mask, data);
        __m128i comparison = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(masked, _mm_setzero_si128());
        quint16 result = _mm_movemask_epi8(comparison);
        if (result != 0xffff)
            return updatePtr(result);
        ptr += 16;
    }

    // and one 8-byte comparison
    if (ptr + 8 <= end) {
        __m128i data = _mm_loadl_epi64(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr));
        __m128i masked = _mm_and_si128(mask, data);
        __m128i comparison = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(masked, _mm_setzero_si128());
        quint8 result = _mm_movemask_epi8(comparison);
        if (result != 0xff)
            return updatePtr(result);
        ptr += 8;
    }
#  endif

    return true;
}

static Q_ALWAYS_INLINE __m128i mm_load8_zero_extend(const void *ptr)
{
    const __m128i *dataptr = static_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr);
#if defined(__SSE4_1__)
    // use a MOVQ followed by PMOVZXBW
    // if AVX2 is present, these should combine into a single VPMOVZXBW instruction
    __m128i data = _mm_loadl_epi64(dataptr);
    return _mm_cvtepu8_epi16(data);
#  else
    // use MOVQ followed by PUNPCKLBW
    __m128i data = _mm_loadl_epi64(dataptr);
    return _mm_unpacklo_epi8(data, _mm_setzero_si128());
#  endif
}
#endif

// Note: ptr on output may be off by one and point to a preceding US-ASCII
// character. Usually harmless.
bool qt_is_ascii(const char *&ptr, const char *end) noexcept
{
#if defined(__SSE2__)
    // Testing for the high bit can be done efficiently with just PMOVMSKB
#  if defined(__AVX2__)
    while (ptr + 32 <= end) {
        __m256i data = _mm256_loadu_si256(reinterpret_cast<const __m256i *>(ptr));
        quint32 mask = _mm256_movemask_epi8(data);
        if (mask) {
            uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(mask);
            ptr += idx;
            return false;
        }
        ptr += 32;
    }
#  endif
    while (ptr + 16 <= end) {
        __m128i data = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr));
        quint32 mask = _mm_movemask_epi8(data);
        if (mask) {
            uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(mask);
            ptr += idx;
            return false;
        }
        ptr += 16;
    }
    if (ptr + 8 <= end) {
        __m128i data = _mm_loadl_epi64(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr));
        quint8 mask = _mm_movemask_epi8(data);
        if (mask) {
            uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(mask);
            ptr += idx;
            return false;
        }
        ptr += 8;
    }
#endif

    while (ptr + 4 <= end) {
        quint32 data = qFromUnaligned<quint32>(ptr);
        if (data &= 0x80808080U) {
#if Q_BYTE_ORDER == Q_BIG_ENDIAN
            uint idx = qCountLeadingZeroBits(data);
#else
            uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(data);
#endif
            ptr += idx / 8;
            return false;
        }
        ptr += 4;
    }

    while (ptr != end) {
        if (quint8(*ptr) & 0x80)
            return false;
        ++ptr;
    }
    return true;
}

bool QtPrivate::isAscii(QLatin1String s) noexcept
{
    const char *ptr = s.begin();
    const char *end = s.end();

    return qt_is_ascii(ptr, end);
}

static bool isAscii(const QChar *&ptr, const QChar *end)
{
#ifdef __SSE2__
    const char *ptr8 = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(ptr);
    const char *end8 = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(end);
    bool ok = simdTestMask(ptr8, end8, 0xff80ff80);
    ptr = reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(ptr8);
    if (!ok)
        return false;
#endif

    while (ptr != end) {
        if (ptr->unicode() & 0xff80)
            return false;
        ++ptr;
    }
    return true;
}

bool QtPrivate::isAscii(QStringView s) noexcept
{
    const QChar *ptr = s.begin();
    const QChar *end = s.end();

    return isAscii(ptr, end);
}

bool QtPrivate::isLatin1(QStringView s) noexcept
{
    const QChar *ptr = s.begin();
    const QChar *end = s.end();

#ifdef __SSE2__
    const char *ptr8 = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(ptr);
    const char *end8 = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(end);
    if (!simdTestMask(ptr8, end8, 0xff00ff00))
        return false;
    ptr = reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(ptr8);
#endif

    while (ptr != end) {
        if ((*ptr++).unicode() > 0xff)
            return false;
    }
    return true;
}

bool QtPrivate::isValidUtf16(QStringView s) noexcept
{
    Q_CONSTEXPR uint InvalidCodePoint = UINT_MAX;

    QStringIterator i(s);
    while (i.hasNext()) {
        uint c = i.next(InvalidCodePoint);
        if (c == InvalidCodePoint)
            return false;
    }

    return true;
}

// conversion between Latin 1 and UTF-16
void qt_from_latin1(ushort *dst, const char *str, size_t size) noexcept
{
    /* SIMD:
     * Unpacking with SSE has been shown to improve performance on recent CPUs
     * The same method gives no improvement with NEON. On Aarch64, clang will do the vectorization
     * itself in exactly the same way as one would do it with intrinsics.
     */
#if defined(__SSE2__)
    const char *e = str + size;
    qptrdiff offset = 0;

    // we're going to read str[offset..offset+15] (16 bytes)
    for ( ; str + offset + 15 < e; offset += 16) {
        const __m128i chunk = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(str + offset)); // load
#ifdef __AVX2__
        // zero extend to an YMM register
        const __m256i extended = _mm256_cvtepu8_epi16(chunk);

        // store
        _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i*)(dst + offset), extended);
#else
        const __m128i nullMask = _mm_set1_epi32(0);

        // unpack the first 8 bytes, padding with zeros
        const __m128i firstHalf = _mm_unpacklo_epi8(chunk, nullMask);
        _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)(dst + offset), firstHalf); // store

        // unpack the last 8 bytes, padding with zeros
        const __m128i secondHalf = _mm_unpackhi_epi8 (chunk, nullMask);
        _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)(dst + offset + 8), secondHalf); // store
#endif
    }

    // we're going to read str[offset..offset+7] (8 bytes)
    if (str + offset + 7 < e) {
        const __m128i unpacked = mm_load8_zero_extend(str + offset);
        _mm_storeu_si128(reinterpret_cast<__m128i *>(dst + offset), unpacked);
        offset += 8;
    }

    size = size % 8;
    dst += offset;
    str += offset;
#  if !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
    return UnrollTailLoop<7>::exec(int(size), [=](int i) { dst[i] = (uchar)str[i]; });
#  endif
#endif
#if defined(__mips_dsp)
    if (size > 20)
        qt_fromlatin1_mips_asm_unroll8(dst, str, size);
    else
        qt_fromlatin1_mips_asm_unroll4(dst, str, size);
#else
    while (size--)
        *dst++ = (uchar)*str++;
#endif
}

template <bool Checked>
static void qt_to_latin1_internal(uchar *dst, const ushort *src, qsizetype length)
{
#if defined(__SSE2__)
    uchar *e = dst + length;
    qptrdiff offset = 0;

#  ifdef __AVX2__
    const __m256i questionMark256 = _mm256_broadcastw_epi16(_mm_cvtsi32_si128('?'));
    const __m256i outOfRange256 = _mm256_broadcastw_epi16(_mm_cvtsi32_si128(0x100));
    const __m128i questionMark = _mm256_castsi256_si128(questionMark256);
    const __m128i outOfRange = _mm256_castsi256_si128(outOfRange256);
#  else
    const __m128i questionMark = _mm_set1_epi16('?');
    const __m128i outOfRange = _mm_set1_epi16(0x100);
#  endif

    auto mergeQuestionMarks = [=](__m128i chunk) {
        // SSE has no compare instruction for unsigned comparison.
# ifdef __SSE4_1__
        // We use an unsigned uc = qMin(uc, 0x100) and then compare for equality.
        chunk = _mm_min_epu16(chunk, outOfRange);
        const __m128i offLimitMask = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(chunk, outOfRange);
        chunk = _mm_blendv_epi8(chunk, questionMark, offLimitMask);
# else
        // The variables must be shiffted + 0x8000 to be compared
        const __m128i signedBitOffset = _mm_set1_epi16(short(0x8000));
        const __m128i thresholdMask = _mm_set1_epi16(short(0xff + 0x8000));

        const __m128i signedChunk = _mm_add_epi16(chunk, signedBitOffset);
        const __m128i offLimitMask = _mm_cmpgt_epi16(signedChunk, thresholdMask);

        // offLimitQuestionMark contains '?' for each 16 bits that was off-limit
        // the 16 bits that were correct contains zeros
        const __m128i offLimitQuestionMark = _mm_and_si128(offLimitMask, questionMark);

        // correctBytes contains the bytes that were in limit
        // the 16 bits that were off limits contains zeros
        const __m128i correctBytes = _mm_andnot_si128(offLimitMask, chunk);

        // merge offLimitQuestionMark and correctBytes to have the result
        chunk = _mm_or_si128(correctBytes, offLimitQuestionMark);

        Q_UNUSED(outOfRange);
# endif
        return chunk;
    };

    // we're going to write to dst[offset..offset+15] (16 bytes)
    for ( ; dst + offset + 15 < e; offset += 16) {
#  if defined(__AVX2__)
        __m256i chunk = _mm256_loadu_si256(reinterpret_cast<const __m256i *>(src + offset));
        if (Checked) {
            // See mergeQuestionMarks lambda above for details
            chunk = _mm256_min_epu16(chunk, outOfRange256);
            const __m256i offLimitMask = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(chunk, outOfRange256);
            chunk = _mm256_blendv_epi8(chunk, questionMark256, offLimitMask);
        }

        const __m128i chunk2 = _mm256_extracti128_si256(chunk, 1);
        const __m128i chunk1 = _mm256_castsi256_si128(chunk);
#  else
        __m128i chunk1 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src + offset)); // load
        if (Checked)
            chunk1 = mergeQuestionMarks(chunk1);

        __m128i chunk2 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(src + offset + 8)); // load
        if (Checked)
            chunk2 = mergeQuestionMarks(chunk2);
#  endif

        // pack the two vector to 16 x 8bits elements
        const __m128i result = _mm_packus_epi16(chunk1, chunk2);
        _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)(dst + offset), result); // store
    }

#  if !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
    // we're going to write to dst[offset..offset+7] (8 bytes)
    if (dst + offset + 7 < e) {
        __m128i chunk = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(src + offset));
        if (Checked)
            chunk = mergeQuestionMarks(chunk);

        // pack, where the upper half is ignored
        const __m128i result = _mm_packus_epi16(chunk, chunk);
        _mm_storel_epi64(reinterpret_cast<__m128i *>(dst + offset), result);
        offset += 8;
    }

    // we're going to write to dst[offset..offset+3] (4 bytes)
    if (dst + offset + 3 < e) {
        __m128i chunk = _mm_loadl_epi64(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(src + offset));
        if (Checked)
            chunk = mergeQuestionMarks(chunk);

        // pack, we'll the upper three quarters
        const __m128i result = _mm_packus_epi16(chunk, chunk);
        qToUnaligned(_mm_cvtsi128_si32(result), dst + offset);
        offset += 4;
    }

    length = length % 4;
#  else
    length = length % 16;
#  endif // optimize size

    // advance dst, src for tail processing
    dst += offset;
    src += offset;

#  if !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
    return UnrollTailLoop<3>::exec(length, [=](int i) {
        if (Checked)
            dst[i] = (src[i]>0xff) ? '?' : (uchar) src[i];
        else
            dst[i] = src[i];
    });
#  endif
#elif defined(__ARM_NEON__)
    // Refer to the documentation of the SSE2 implementation
    // this use eactly the same method as for SSE except:
    // 1) neon has unsigned comparison
    // 2) packing is done to 64 bits (8 x 8bits component).
    if (length >= 16) {
        const int chunkCount = length >> 3; // divided by 8
        const uint16x8_t questionMark = vdupq_n_u16('?'); // set
        const uint16x8_t thresholdMask = vdupq_n_u16(0xff); // set
        for (int i = 0; i < chunkCount; ++i) {
            uint16x8_t chunk = vld1q_u16((uint16_t *)src); // load
            src += 8;

            if (Checked) {
                const uint16x8_t offLimitMask = vcgtq_u16(chunk, thresholdMask); // chunk > thresholdMask
                const uint16x8_t offLimitQuestionMark = vandq_u16(offLimitMask, questionMark); // offLimitMask & questionMark
                const uint16x8_t correctBytes = vbicq_u16(chunk, offLimitMask); // !offLimitMask & chunk
                chunk = vorrq_u16(correctBytes, offLimitQuestionMark); // correctBytes | offLimitQuestionMark
            }
            const uint8x8_t result = vmovn_u16(chunk); // narrowing move->packing
            vst1_u8(dst, result); // store
            dst += 8;
        }
        length = length % 8;
    }
#endif
#if defined(__mips_dsp)
    qt_toLatin1_mips_dsp_asm(dst, src, length);
#else
    while (length--) {
        if (Checked)
            *dst++ = (*src>0xff) ? '?' : (uchar) *src;
        else
            *dst++ = *src;
        ++src;
    }
#endif
}

static void qt_to_latin1(uchar *dst, const ushort *src, qsizetype length)
{
    qt_to_latin1_internal<true>(dst, src, length);
}

void qt_to_latin1_unchecked(uchar *dst, const ushort *src, qsizetype length)
{
    qt_to_latin1_internal<false>(dst, src, length);
}

// Unicode case-insensitive comparison
static int ucstricmp(const QChar *a, const QChar *ae, const QChar *b, const QChar *be)
{
    if (a == b)
        return (ae - be);

    const QChar *e = ae;
    if (be - b < ae - a)
        e = a + (be - b);

    uint alast = 0;
    uint blast = 0;
    while (a < e) {
//         qDebug() << Qt::hex << alast << blast;
//         qDebug() << Qt::hex << "*a=" << *a << "alast=" << alast << "folded=" << foldCase (*a, alast);
//         qDebug() << Qt::hex << "*b=" << *b << "blast=" << blast << "folded=" << foldCase (*b, blast);
        int diff = foldCase(a->unicode(), alast) - foldCase(b->unicode(), blast);
        if ((diff))
            return diff;
        ++a;
        ++b;
    }
    if (a == ae) {
        if (b == be)
            return 0;
        return -1;
    }
    return 1;
}

// Case-insensitive comparison between a Unicode string and a QLatin1String
static int ucstricmp(const QChar *a, const QChar *ae, const char *b, const char *be)
{
    auto e = ae;
    if (be - b < ae - a)
        e = a + (be - b);

    while (a < e) {
        int diff = foldCase(a->unicode()) - foldCase(uchar(*b));
        if ((diff))
            return diff;
        ++a;
        ++b;
    }
    if (a == ae) {
        if (b == be)
            return 0;
        return -1;
    }
    return 1;
}

#if defined(__mips_dsp)
// From qstring_mips_dsp_asm.S
extern "C" int qt_ucstrncmp_mips_dsp_asm(const ushort *a,
                                         const ushort *b,
                                         unsigned len);
#endif

// Unicode case-sensitive compare two same-sized strings
static int ucstrncmp(const QChar *a, const QChar *b, size_t l)
{
#ifdef __OPTIMIZE_SIZE__
    const QChar *end = a + l;
    while (a < end) {
        if (int diff = (int)a->unicode() - (int)b->unicode())
            return diff;
        ++a;
        ++b;
    }
    return 0;
#else
#if defined(__mips_dsp)
    Q_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(uint) == sizeof(size_t));
    if (l >= 8) {
        return qt_ucstrncmp_mips_dsp_asm(reinterpret_cast<const ushort*>(a),
                                         reinterpret_cast<const ushort*>(b),
                                         l);
    }
#endif // __mips_dsp
#ifdef __SSE2__
    const QChar *end = a + l;
    qptrdiff offset = 0;

    // Using the PMOVMSKB instruction, we get two bits for each character
    // we compare.
    int retval;
    auto isDifferent = [a, b, &offset, &retval](__m128i a_data, __m128i b_data) {
        __m128i result = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(a_data, b_data);
        uint mask = ~uint(_mm_movemask_epi8(result));
        if (ushort(mask) == 0)
            return false;
        uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(mask);
        retval = a[offset + idx / 2].unicode() - b[offset + idx / 2].unicode();
        return true;
    };

    // we're going to read a[0..15] and b[0..15] (32 bytes)
    for ( ; end - a >= offset + 16; offset += 16) {
#ifdef __AVX2__
        __m256i a_data = _mm256_loadu_si256(reinterpret_cast<const __m256i *>(a + offset));
        __m256i b_data = _mm256_loadu_si256(reinterpret_cast<const __m256i *>(b + offset));
        __m256i result = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(a_data, b_data);
        uint mask = _mm256_movemask_epi8(result);
#else
        __m128i a_data1 = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(a + offset));
        __m128i a_data2 = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(a + offset + 8));
        __m128i b_data1 = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(b + offset));
        __m128i b_data2 = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(b + offset + 8));
        __m128i result1 = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(a_data1, b_data1);
        __m128i result2 = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(a_data2, b_data2);
        uint mask = _mm_movemask_epi8(result1) | (_mm_movemask_epi8(result2) << 16);
#endif
        mask = ~mask;
        if (mask) {
            // found a different character
            uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(mask);
            return a[offset + idx / 2].unicode() - b[offset + idx / 2].unicode();
        }
    }

    // we're going to read a[0..7] and b[0..7] (16 bytes)
    if (end - a >= offset + 8) {
        __m128i a_data = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(a + offset));
        __m128i b_data = _mm_loadu_si128(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(b + offset));
        if (isDifferent(a_data, b_data))
            return retval;

        offset += 8;
    }

    // we're going to read a[0..3] and b[0..3] (8 bytes)
    if (end - a >= offset + 4) {
        __m128i a_data = _mm_loadl_epi64(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(a + offset));
        __m128i b_data = _mm_loadl_epi64(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(b + offset));
        if (isDifferent(a_data, b_data))
            return retval;

        offset += 4;
    }

    // reset l
    l &= 3;

    const auto lambda = [=](size_t i) -> int {
        return a[offset + i].unicode() - b[offset + i].unicode();
    };
    return UnrollTailLoop<3>::exec(l, 0, lambda, lambda);
#endif
#if defined(__ARM_NEON__) && defined(Q_PROCESSOR_ARM_64) // vaddv is only available on Aarch64
    if (l >= 8) {
        const QChar *end = a + l;
        const uint16x8_t mask = { 1, 1 << 1, 1 << 2, 1 << 3, 1 << 4, 1 << 5, 1 << 6, 1 << 7 };
        while (end - a > 7) {
            uint16x8_t da = vld1q_u16(reinterpret_cast<const uint16_t *>(a));
            uint16x8_t db = vld1q_u16(reinterpret_cast<const uint16_t *>(b));

            uint8_t r = ~(uint8_t)vaddvq_u16(vandq_u16(vceqq_u16(da, db), mask));
            if (r) {
                // found a different QChar
                uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(r);
                return (int)a[idx].unicode() - (int)b[idx].unicode();
            }
            a += 8;
            b += 8;
        }
        l &= 7;
    }
    const auto lambda = [=](size_t i) -> int {
        return a[i].unicode() - b[i].unicode();
    };
    return UnrollTailLoop<7>::exec(l, 0, lambda, lambda);
#endif // __ARM_NEON__
    if (!l)
        return 0;

    // check alignment
    if ((reinterpret_cast<quintptr>(a) & 2) == (reinterpret_cast<quintptr>(b) & 2)) {
        // both addresses have the same alignment
        if (reinterpret_cast<quintptr>(a) & 2) {
            // both addresses are not aligned to 4-bytes boundaries
            // compare the first character
            if (*a != *b)
                return a->unicode() - b->unicode();
            --l;
            ++a;
            ++b;

            // now both addresses are 4-bytes aligned
        }

        // both addresses are 4-bytes aligned
        // do a fast 32-bit comparison
        const quint32 *da = reinterpret_cast<const quint32 *>(a);
        const quint32 *db = reinterpret_cast<const quint32 *>(b);
        const quint32 *e = da + (l >> 1);
        for ( ; da != e; ++da, ++db) {
            if (*da != *db) {
                a = reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(da);
                b = reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(db);
                if (*a != *b)
                    return a->unicode() - b->unicode();
                return a[1].unicode() - b[1].unicode();
            }
        }

        // do we have a tail?
        a = reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(da);
        b = reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(db);
        return (l & 1) ? a->unicode() - b->unicode() : 0;
    } else {
        // one of the addresses isn't 4-byte aligned but the other is
        const QChar *e = a + l;
        for ( ; a != e; ++a, ++b) {
            if (*a != *b)
                return a->unicode() - b->unicode();
        }
    }
    return 0;
#endif
}

static int ucstrncmp(const QChar *a, const uchar *c, size_t l)
{
    const ushort *uc = reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(a);
    const ushort *e = uc + l;

#ifdef __SSE2__
    __m128i nullmask = _mm_setzero_si128();
    qptrdiff offset = 0;

#  if !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
    // Using the PMOVMSKB instruction, we get two bits for each character
    // we compare.
    int retval;
    auto isDifferent = [uc, c, &offset, &retval](__m128i a_data, __m128i b_data) {
        __m128i result = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(a_data, b_data);
        uint mask = ~uint(_mm_movemask_epi8(result));
        if (ushort(mask) == 0)
            return false;
        uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(mask);
        retval = uc[offset + idx / 2] - c[offset + idx / 2];
        return true;
    };
#  endif

    // we're going to read uc[offset..offset+15] (32 bytes)
    // and c[offset..offset+15] (16 bytes)
    for ( ; uc + offset + 15 < e; offset += 16) {
        // similar to fromLatin1_helper:
        // load 16 bytes of Latin 1 data
        __m128i chunk = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(c + offset));

#  ifdef __AVX2__
        // expand Latin 1 data via zero extension
        __m256i ldata = _mm256_cvtepu8_epi16(chunk);

        // load UTF-16 data and compare
        __m256i ucdata = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i*)(uc + offset));
        __m256i result = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(ldata, ucdata);

        uint mask = ~_mm256_movemask_epi8(result);
#  else
        // expand via unpacking
        __m128i firstHalf = _mm_unpacklo_epi8(chunk, nullmask);
        __m128i secondHalf = _mm_unpackhi_epi8(chunk, nullmask);

        // load UTF-16 data and compare
        __m128i ucdata1 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(uc + offset));
        __m128i ucdata2 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(uc + offset + 8));
        __m128i result1 = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(firstHalf, ucdata1);
        __m128i result2 = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(secondHalf, ucdata2);

        uint mask = ~(_mm_movemask_epi8(result1) | _mm_movemask_epi8(result2) << 16);
#  endif
        if (mask) {
            // found a different character
            uint idx = qCountTrailingZeroBits(mask);
            return uc[offset + idx / 2] - c[offset + idx / 2];
        }
    }

#  if !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
    // we'll read uc[offset..offset+7] (16 bytes) and c[offset..offset+7] (8 bytes)
    if (uc + offset + 7 < e) {
        // same, but we're using an 8-byte load
        __m128i secondHalf = mm_load8_zero_extend(c + offset);

        __m128i ucdata = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i*)(uc + offset));
        if (isDifferent(ucdata, secondHalf))
            return retval;

        // still matched
        offset += 8;
    }

    enum { MaxTailLength = 3 };
    // we'll read uc[offset..offset+3] (8 bytes) and c[offset..offset+3] (4 bytes)
    if (uc + offset + 3 < e) {
        __m128i chunk = _mm_cvtsi32_si128(qFromUnaligned<int>(c + offset));
        __m128i secondHalf = _mm_unpacklo_epi8(chunk, nullmask);

        __m128i ucdata = _mm_loadl_epi64(reinterpret_cast<const __m128i *>(uc + offset));
        if (isDifferent(ucdata, secondHalf))
            return retval;

        // still matched
        offset += 4;
    }
#  endif // optimize size

    // reset uc and c
    uc += offset;
    c += offset;

#  if !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
    const auto lambda = [=](size_t i) { return uc[i] - ushort(c[i]); };
    return UnrollTailLoop<MaxTailLength>::exec(e - uc, 0, lambda, lambda);
#  endif
#endif

    while (uc < e) {
        int diff = *uc - *c;
        if (diff)
            return diff;
        uc++, c++;
    }

    return 0;
}

template <typename Number>
Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR int lencmp(Number lhs, Number rhs) noexcept
{
    return lhs == rhs ? 0 :
           lhs >  rhs ? 1 :
           /* else */  -1 ;
}

// Unicode case-sensitive comparison
static int ucstrcmp(const QChar *a, size_t alen, const QChar *b, size_t blen)
{
    if (a == b && alen == blen)
        return 0;
    const size_t l = qMin(alen, blen);
    int cmp = ucstrncmp(a, b, l);
    return cmp ? cmp : lencmp(alen, blen);
}

static int ucstrcmp(const QChar *a, size_t alen, const char *b, size_t blen)
{
    const size_t l = qMin(alen, blen);
    const int cmp = ucstrncmp(a, reinterpret_cast<const uchar*>(b), l);
    return cmp ? cmp : lencmp(alen, blen);
}

static int qt_compare_strings(QStringView lhs, QStringView rhs, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive)
        return ucstrcmp(lhs.begin(), lhs.size(), rhs.begin(), rhs.size());
    else
        return ucstricmp(lhs.begin(), lhs.end(), rhs.begin(), rhs.end());
}

static int qt_compare_strings(QStringView lhs, QLatin1String rhs, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive)
        return ucstrcmp(lhs.begin(), lhs.size(), rhs.begin(), rhs.size());
    else
        return ucstricmp(lhs.begin(), lhs.end(), rhs.begin(), rhs.end());
}

static int qt_compare_strings(QLatin1String lhs, QStringView rhs, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return -qt_compare_strings(rhs, lhs, cs);
}

static int qt_compare_strings(QLatin1String lhs, QLatin1String rhs, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    if (lhs.isEmpty())
        return lencmp(0, rhs.size());
    if (cs == Qt::CaseInsensitive)
        return qstrnicmp(lhs.data(), lhs.size(), rhs.data(), rhs.size());
    const auto l = std::min(lhs.size(), rhs.size());
    int r = qstrncmp(lhs.data(), rhs.data(), l);
    return r ? r : lencmp(lhs.size(), rhs.size());
}

/*!
    \relates QStringView
    \internal
    \since 5.10

    Returns an integer that compares to 0 as \a lhs compares to \a rhs.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (the default), the comparison is case-sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case-insensitive.

    Case-sensitive comparison is based exclusively on the numeric Unicode values
    of the characters and is very fast, but is not what a human would expect.
    Consider sorting user-visible strings with QString::localeAwareCompare().

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/
int QtPrivate::compareStrings(QStringView lhs, QStringView rhs, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_compare_strings(lhs, rhs, cs);
}

/*!
    \relates QStringView
    \internal
    \since 5.10
    \overload

    Returns an integer that compares to 0 as \a lhs compares to \a rhs.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (the default), the comparison is case-sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case-insensitive.

    Case-sensitive comparison is based exclusively on the numeric Unicode values
    of the characters and is very fast, but is not what a human would expect.
    Consider sorting user-visible strings with QString::localeAwareCompare().

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/
int QtPrivate::compareStrings(QStringView lhs, QLatin1String rhs, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_compare_strings(lhs, rhs, cs);
}

/*!
    \relates QStringView
    \internal
    \since 5.10
    \overload

    Returns an integer that compares to 0 as \a lhs compares to \a rhs.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (the default), the comparison is case-sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case-insensitive.

    Case-sensitive comparison is based exclusively on the numeric Unicode values
    of the characters and is very fast, but is not what a human would expect.
    Consider sorting user-visible strings with QString::localeAwareCompare().

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/
int QtPrivate::compareStrings(QLatin1String lhs, QStringView rhs, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_compare_strings(lhs, rhs, cs);
}

/*!
    \relates QStringView
    \internal
    \since 5.10
    \overload

    Returns an integer that compares to 0 as \a lhs compares to \a rhs.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (the default), the comparison is case-sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case-insensitive.

    Case-sensitive comparison is based exclusively on the numeric Latin-1 values
    of the characters and is very fast, but is not what a human would expect.
    Consider sorting user-visible strings with QString::localeAwareCompare().

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/
int QtPrivate::compareStrings(QLatin1String lhs, QLatin1String rhs, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_compare_strings(lhs, rhs, cs);
}

#define REHASH(a) \
    if (sl_minus_1 < sizeof(std::size_t) * CHAR_BIT)  \
        hashHaystack -= std::size_t(a) << sl_minus_1; \
    hashHaystack <<= 1

inline bool qIsUpper(char ch)
{
    return ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'Z';
}

inline bool qIsDigit(char ch)
{
    return ch >= '0' && ch <= '9';
}

inline char qToLower(char ch)
{
    if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'Z')
        return ch - 'A' + 'a';
    else
        return ch;
}


#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 9)
const QString::Null QString::null = { };
#endif

/*!
  \macro QT_RESTRICTED_CAST_FROM_ASCII
  \relates QString

  Disables most automatic conversions from source literals and 8-bit data
  to unicode QStrings, but allows the use of
  the \c{QChar(char)} and \c{QString(const char (&ch)[N]} constructors,
  and the \c{QString::operator=(const char (&ch)[N])} assignment operator.
  This gives most of the type-safety benefits of \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
  but does not require user code to wrap character and string literals
  with QLatin1Char, QLatin1String or similar.

  Using this macro together with source strings outside the 7-bit range,
  non-literals, or literals with embedded NUL characters is undefined.

  \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII, QT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII
*/

/*!
  \macro QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
  \relates QString

  Disables automatic conversions from 8-bit strings (char *) to unicode QStrings

  \sa QT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII, QT_RESTRICTED_CAST_FROM_ASCII, QT_NO_CAST_FROM_BYTEARRAY
*/

/*!
  \macro QT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII
  \relates QString

  Disables automatic conversion from QString to 8-bit strings (char *).

  \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII, QT_RESTRICTED_CAST_FROM_ASCII, QT_NO_CAST_FROM_BYTEARRAY
*/

/*!
  \macro QT_ASCII_CAST_WARNINGS
  \internal
  \relates QString

  This macro can be defined to force a warning whenever a function is
  called that automatically converts between unicode and 8-bit encodings.

  Note: This only works for compilers that support warnings for
  deprecated API.

  \sa QT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII, QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII, QT_RESTRICTED_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \class QCharRef
    \inmodule QtCore
    \reentrant
    \brief The QCharRef class is a helper class for QString.

    \internal

    \ingroup string-processing

    When you get an object of type QCharRef, if you can assign to it,
    the assignment will apply to the character in the string from
    which you got the reference. That is its whole purpose in life.
    The QCharRef becomes invalid once modifications are made to the
    string: if you want to keep the character, copy it into a QChar.

    Most of the QChar member functions also exist in QCharRef.
    However, they are not explicitly documented here.

    \sa QString::operator[](), QString::at(), QChar
*/

/*!
    \class QString
    \inmodule QtCore
    \reentrant

    \brief The QString class provides a Unicode character string.

    \ingroup tools
    \ingroup shared
    \ingroup string-processing

    QString stores a string of 16-bit \l{QChar}s, where each QChar
    corresponds to one UTF-16 code unit. (Unicode characters
    with code values above 65535 are stored using surrogate pairs,
    i.e., two consecutive \l{QChar}s.)

    \l{Unicode} is an international standard that supports most of the
    writing systems in use today. It is a superset of US-ASCII (ANSI
    X3.4-1986) and Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1), and all the US-ASCII/Latin-1
    characters are available at the same code positions.

    Behind the scenes, QString uses \l{implicit sharing}
    (copy-on-write) to reduce memory usage and to avoid the needless
    copying of data. This also helps reduce the inherent overhead of
    storing 16-bit characters instead of 8-bit characters.

    In addition to QString, Qt also provides the QByteArray class to
    store raw bytes and traditional 8-bit '\\0'-terminated strings.
    For most purposes, QString is the class you want to use. It is
    used throughout the Qt API, and the Unicode support ensures that
    your applications will be easy to translate if you want to expand
    your application's market at some point. The two main cases where
    QByteArray is appropriate are when you need to store raw binary
    data, and when memory conservation is critical (like in embedded
    systems).

    \tableofcontents

    \section1 Initializing a String

    One way to initialize a QString is simply to pass a \c{const char
    *} to its constructor. For example, the following code creates a
    QString of size 5 containing the data "Hello":

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 0

    QString converts the \c{const char *} data into Unicode using the
    fromUtf8() function.

    In all of the QString functions that take \c{const char *}
    parameters, the \c{const char *} is interpreted as a classic
    C-style '\\0'-terminated string encoded in UTF-8. It is legal for
    the \c{const char *} parameter to be \nullptr.

    You can also provide string data as an array of \l{QChar}s:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 1

    QString makes a deep copy of the QChar data, so you can modify it
    later without experiencing side effects. (If for performance
    reasons you don't want to take a deep copy of the character data,
    use QString::fromRawData() instead.)

    Another approach is to set the size of the string using resize()
    and to initialize the data character per character. QString uses
    0-based indexes, just like C++ arrays. To access the character at
    a particular index position, you can use \l operator[](). On
    non-const strings, \l operator[]() returns a reference to a
    character that can be used on the left side of an assignment. For
    example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 2

    For read-only access, an alternative syntax is to use the at()
    function:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 3

    The at() function can be faster than \l operator[](), because it
    never causes a \l{deep copy} to occur. Alternatively, use the
    left(), right(), or mid() functions to extract several characters
    at a time.

    A QString can embed '\\0' characters (QChar::Null). The size()
    function always returns the size of the whole string, including
    embedded '\\0' characters.

    After a call to the resize() function, newly allocated characters
    have undefined values. To set all the characters in the string to
    a particular value, use the fill() function.

    QString provides dozens of overloads designed to simplify string
    usage. For example, if you want to compare a QString with a string
    literal, you can write code like this and it will work as expected:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 4

    You can also pass string literals to functions that take QStrings
    as arguments, invoking the QString(const char *)
    constructor. Similarly, you can pass a QString to a function that
    takes a \c{const char *} argument using the \l qPrintable() macro
    which returns the given QString as a \c{const char *}. This is
    equivalent to calling <QString>.toLocal8Bit().constData().

    \section1 Manipulating String Data

    QString provides the following basic functions for modifying the
    character data: append(), prepend(), insert(), replace(), and
    remove(). For example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 5

    If you are building a QString gradually and know in advance
    approximately how many characters the QString will contain, you
    can call reserve(), asking QString to preallocate a certain amount
    of memory. You can also call capacity() to find out how much
    memory QString actually allocated.

    The replace() and remove() functions' first two arguments are the
    position from which to start erasing and the number of characters
    that should be erased.  If you want to replace all occurrences of
    a particular substring with another, use one of the two-parameter
    replace() overloads.

    A frequent requirement is to remove whitespace characters from a
    string ('\\n', '\\t', ' ', etc.). If you want to remove whitespace
    from both ends of a QString, use the trimmed() function. If you
    want to remove whitespace from both ends and replace multiple
    consecutive whitespaces with a single space character within the
    string, use simplified().

    If you want to find all occurrences of a particular character or
    substring in a QString, use the indexOf() or lastIndexOf()
    functions. The former searches forward starting from a given index
    position, the latter searches backward. Both return the index
    position of the character or substring if they find it; otherwise,
    they return -1.  For example, here is a typical loop that finds all
    occurrences of a particular substring:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 6

    QString provides many functions for converting numbers into
    strings and strings into numbers. See the arg() functions, the
    setNum() functions, the number() static functions, and the
    toInt(), toDouble(), and similar functions.

    To get an upper- or lowercase version of a string use toUpper() or
    toLower().

    Lists of strings are handled by the QStringList class. You can
    split a string into a list of strings using the split() function,
    and join a list of strings into a single string with an optional
    separator using QStringList::join(). You can obtain a list of
    strings from a string list that contain a particular substring or
    that match a particular QRegExp using the QStringList::filter()
    function.

    \section1 Querying String Data

    If you want to see if a QString starts or ends with a particular
    substring use startsWith() or endsWith(). If you simply want to
    check whether a QString contains a particular character or
    substring, use the contains() function. If you want to find out
    how many times a particular character or substring occurs in the
    string, use count().

    To obtain a pointer to the actual character data, call data() or
    constData(). These functions return a pointer to the beginning of
    the QChar data. The pointer is guaranteed to remain valid until a
    non-const function is called on the QString.

    \section2 Comparing Strings

    QStrings can be compared using overloaded operators such as \l
    operator<(), \l operator<=(), \l operator==(), \l operator>=(),
    and so on.  Note that the comparison is based exclusively on the
    numeric Unicode values of the characters. It is very fast, but is
    not what a human would expect; the QString::localeAwareCompare()
    function is usually a better choice for sorting user-interface
    strings, when such a comparison is available.

    On Unix-like platforms (including Linux, \macos and iOS), when Qt
    is linked with the ICU library (which it usually is), its
    locale-aware sorting is used.  Otherwise, on \macos and iOS, \l
    localeAwareCompare() compares according the "Order for sorted
    lists" setting in the International preferences panel. On other
    Unix-like systems without ICU, the comparison falls back to the
    system library's \c strcoll(), falling back when it considers
    strings equal to QString's (locale-unaware) comparison, described
    above,

    \section1 Converting Between 8-Bit Strings and Unicode Strings

    QString provides the following three functions that return a
    \c{const char *} version of the string as QByteArray: toUtf8(),
    toLatin1(), and toLocal8Bit().

    \list
    \li toLatin1() returns a Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1) encoded 8-bit string.
    \li toUtf8() returns a UTF-8 encoded 8-bit string. UTF-8 is a
       superset of US-ASCII (ANSI X3.4-1986) that supports the entire
       Unicode character set through multibyte sequences.
    \li toLocal8Bit() returns an 8-bit string using the system's local
       encoding.
    \endlist

    To convert from one of these encodings, QString provides
    fromLatin1(), fromUtf8(), and fromLocal8Bit(). Other
    encodings are supported through the QTextCodec class.

    As mentioned above, QString provides a lot of functions and
    operators that make it easy to interoperate with \c{const char *}
    strings. But this functionality is a double-edged sword: It makes
    QString more convenient to use if all strings are US-ASCII or
    Latin-1, but there is always the risk that an implicit conversion
    from or to \c{const char *} is done using the wrong 8-bit
    encoding. To minimize these risks, you can turn off these implicit
    conversions by defining some of the following preprocessor symbols:

    \list
    \li \l QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII disables automatic conversions from
       C string literals and pointers to Unicode.
    \li \l QT_RESTRICTED_CAST_FROM_ASCII allows automatic conversions
       from C characters and character arrays, but disables automatic
       conversions from character pointers to Unicode.
    \li \l QT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII disables automatic conversion from QString
       to C strings.
    \endlist

    You then need to explicitly call fromUtf8(), fromLatin1(),
    or fromLocal8Bit() to construct a QString from an
    8-bit string, or use the lightweight QLatin1String class, for
    example:

    \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qstring.cpp 1

    Similarly, you must call toLatin1(), toUtf8(), or
    toLocal8Bit() explicitly to convert the QString to an 8-bit
    string.  (Other encodings are supported through the QTextCodec
    class.)

    \table 100 %
    \header
    \li Note for C Programmers

    \row
    \li
    Due to C++'s type system and the fact that QString is
    \l{implicitly shared}, QStrings may be treated like \c{int}s or
    other basic types. For example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 7

    The \c result variable, is a normal variable allocated on the
    stack. When \c return is called, and because we're returning by
    value, the copy constructor is called and a copy of the string is
    returned. No actual copying takes place thanks to the implicit
    sharing.

    \endtable

    \section1 Distinction Between Null and Empty Strings

    For historical reasons, QString distinguishes between a null
    string and an empty string. A \e null string is a string that is
    initialized using QString's default constructor or by passing
    (const char *)0 to the constructor. An \e empty string is any
    string with size 0. A null string is always empty, but an empty
    string isn't necessarily null:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 8

    All functions except isNull() treat null strings the same as empty
    strings. For example, toUtf8().constData() returns a valid pointer
    (\e not nullptr) to a '\\0' character for a null string. We
    recommend that you always use the isEmpty() function and avoid isNull().

    \section1 Argument Formats

    In member functions where an argument \e format can be specified
    (e.g., arg(), number()), the argument \e format can be one of the
    following:

    \table
    \header \li Format \li Meaning
    \row \li \c e \li format as [-]9.9e[+|-]999
    \row \li \c E \li format as [-]9.9E[+|-]999
    \row \li \c f \li format as [-]9.9
    \row \li \c g \li use \c e or \c f format, whichever is the most concise
    \row \li \c G \li use \c E or \c f format, whichever is the most concise
    \endtable

    A \e precision is also specified with the argument \e format. For
    the 'e', 'E', and 'f' formats, the \e precision represents the
    number of digits \e after the decimal point. For the 'g' and 'G'
    formats, the \e precision represents the maximum number of
    significant digits (trailing zeroes are omitted).

    \section1 More Efficient String Construction

    Many strings are known at compile time. But the trivial
    constructor QString("Hello"), will copy the contents of the string,
    treating the contents as Latin-1. To avoid this one can use the
    QStringLiteral macro to directly create the required data at compile
    time. Constructing a QString out of the literal does then not cause
    any overhead at runtime.

    A slightly less efficient way is to use QLatin1String. This class wraps
    a C string literal, precalculates it length at compile time and can
    then be used for faster comparison with QStrings and conversion to
    QStrings than a regular C string literal.

    Using the QString \c{'+'} operator, it is easy to construct a
    complex string from multiple substrings. You will often write code
    like this:

    \snippet qstring/stringbuilder.cpp 0

    There is nothing wrong with either of these string constructions,
    but there are a few hidden inefficiencies. Beginning with Qt 4.6,
    you can eliminate them.

    First, multiple uses of the \c{'+'} operator usually means
    multiple memory allocations. When concatenating \e{n} substrings,
    where \e{n > 2}, there can be as many as \e{n - 1} calls to the
    memory allocator.

    In 4.6, an internal template class \c{QStringBuilder} has been
    added along with a few helper functions. This class is marked
    internal and does not appear in the documentation, because you
    aren't meant to instantiate it in your code. Its use will be
    automatic, as described below. The class is found in
    \c {src/corelib/tools/qstringbuilder.cpp} if you want to have a
    look at it.

    \c{QStringBuilder} uses expression templates and reimplements the
    \c{'%'} operator so that when you use \c{'%'} for string
    concatenation instead of \c{'+'}, multiple substring
    concatenations will be postponed until the final result is about
    to be assigned to a QString. At this point, the amount of memory
    required for the final result is known. The memory allocator is
    then called \e{once} to get the required space, and the substrings
    are copied into it one by one.

    Additional efficiency is gained by inlining and reduced reference
    counting (the QString created from a \c{QStringBuilder} typically
    has a ref count of 1, whereas QString::append() needs an extra
    test).

    There are two ways you can access this improved method of string
    construction. The straightforward way is to include
    \c{QStringBuilder} wherever you want to use it, and use the
    \c{'%'} operator instead of \c{'+'} when concatenating strings:

    \snippet qstring/stringbuilder.cpp 5

    A more global approach which is the most convenient but
    not entirely source compatible, is to this define in your
    .pro file:

    \snippet qstring/stringbuilder.cpp 3

    and the \c{'+'} will automatically be performed as the
    \c{QStringBuilder} \c{'%'} everywhere.

    \section1 Maximum Size and Out-of-memory Conditions

    The current version of QString is limited to just under 2 GB (2^31 bytes)
    in size. The exact value is architecture-dependent, since it depends on the
    overhead required for managing the data block, but is no more than 32
    bytes. Raw data blocks are also limited by the use of \c int type in the
    current version to 2 GB minus 1 byte. Since QString uses two bytes per
    character, that translates to just under 2^30 characters in one QString.

    In case memory allocation fails, QString will throw a \c std::bad_alloc
    exception. Out of memory conditions in the Qt containers are the only case
    where Qt will throw exceptions.

    Note that the operating system may impose further limits on applications
    holding a lot of allocated memory, especially large, contiguous blocks.
    Such considerations, the configuration of such behavior or any mitigation
    are outside the scope of the Qt API.

    \sa fromRawData(), QChar, QLatin1String, QByteArray, QStringRef
*/

/*!
    \enum QString::SplitBehavior

    \obsolete
    Use Qt::SplitBehavior instead.

    This enum specifies how the split() function should behave with
    respect to empty strings.

    \value KeepEmptyParts  If a field is empty, keep it in the result.
    \value SkipEmptyParts  If a field is empty, don't include it in the result.

    \sa split()
*/

/*! \typedef QString::ConstIterator

    Qt-style synonym for QString::const_iterator.
*/

/*! \typedef QString::Iterator

    Qt-style synonym for QString::iterator.
*/

/*! \typedef QString::const_iterator

    \sa QString::iterator
*/

/*! \typedef QString::iterator

    \sa QString::const_iterator
*/

/*! \typedef QString::const_reverse_iterator
    \since 5.6

    \sa QString::reverse_iterator, QString::const_iterator
*/

/*! \typedef QString::reverse_iterator
    \since 5.6

    \sa QString::const_reverse_iterator, QString::iterator
*/

/*!
    \typedef QString::size_type
*/

/*!
    \typedef QString::difference_type
*/

/*!
    \typedef QString::const_reference
*/
/*!
    \typedef QString::reference
*/

/*!
    \typedef QString::const_pointer

    The QString::const_pointer typedef provides an STL-style
    const pointer to a QString element (QChar).
*/
/*!
    \typedef QString::pointer

    The QString::const_pointer typedef provides an STL-style
    pointer to a QString element (QChar).
*/

/*!
    \typedef QString::value_type
*/

/*! \fn QString::iterator QString::begin()

    Returns an \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the first character in
    the string.

    \sa constBegin(), end()
*/

/*! \fn QString::const_iterator QString::begin() const

    \overload begin()
*/

/*! \fn QString::const_iterator QString::cbegin() const
    \since 5.0

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the first character
    in the string.

    \sa begin(), cend()
*/

/*! \fn QString::const_iterator QString::constBegin() const

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the first character
    in the string.

    \sa begin(), constEnd()
*/

/*! \fn QString::iterator QString::end()

    Returns an \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the imaginary character
    after the last character in the string.

    \sa begin(), constEnd()
*/

/*! \fn QString::const_iterator QString::end() const

    \overload end()
*/

/*! \fn QString::const_iterator QString::cend() const
    \since 5.0

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the imaginary
    character after the last character in the list.

    \sa cbegin(), end()
*/

/*! \fn QString::const_iterator QString::constEnd() const

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the imaginary
    character after the last character in the list.

    \sa constBegin(), end()
*/

/*! \fn QString::reverse_iterator QString::rbegin()
    \since 5.6

    Returns a \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style} reverse iterator pointing to the first
    character in the string, in reverse order.

    \sa begin(), crbegin(), rend()
*/

/*! \fn QString::const_reverse_iterator QString::rbegin() const
    \since 5.6
    \overload
*/

/*! \fn QString::const_reverse_iterator QString::crbegin() const
    \since 5.6

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style} reverse iterator pointing to the first
    character in the string, in reverse order.

    \sa begin(), rbegin(), rend()
*/

/*! \fn QString::reverse_iterator QString::rend()
    \since 5.6

    Returns a \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style} reverse iterator pointing to one past
    the last character in the string, in reverse order.

    \sa end(), crend(), rbegin()
*/

/*! \fn QString::const_reverse_iterator QString::rend() const
    \since 5.6
    \overload
*/

/*! \fn QString::const_reverse_iterator QString::crend() const
    \since 5.6

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style} reverse iterator pointing to one
    past the last character in the string, in reverse order.

    \sa end(), rend(), rbegin()
*/

/*!
    \fn QString::QString()

    Constructs a null string. Null strings are also empty.

    \sa isEmpty()
*/

/*!
    \fn QString::QString(QString &&other)

    Move-constructs a QString instance, making it point at the same
    object that \a other was pointing to.

    \since 5.2
*/

/*! \fn QString::QString(const char *str)

    Constructs a string initialized with the 8-bit string \a str. The
    given const char pointer is converted to Unicode using the
    fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this constructor by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \note Defining \c QT_RESTRICTED_CAST_FROM_ASCII also disables
    this constructor, but enables a \c{QString(const char (&ch)[N])}
    constructor instead. Using non-literal input, or input with
    embedded NUL characters, or non-7-bit characters is undefined
    in this case.

    \sa fromLatin1(), fromLocal8Bit(), fromUtf8(), QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII, QT_RESTRICTED_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn QString QString::fromStdString(const std::string &str)

    Returns a copy of the \a str string. The given string is converted
    to Unicode using the fromUtf8() function.

    \sa fromLatin1(), fromLocal8Bit(), fromUtf8(), QByteArray::fromStdString()
*/

/*! \fn QString QString::fromStdWString(const std::wstring &str)

    Returns a copy of the \a str string. The given string is assumed
    to be encoded in utf16 if the size of wchar_t is 2 bytes (e.g. on
    windows) and ucs4 if the size of wchar_t is 4 bytes (most Unix
    systems).

    \sa fromUtf16(), fromLatin1(), fromLocal8Bit(), fromUtf8(), fromUcs4(), fromStdU16String(), fromStdU32String()
*/

/*! \fn QString QString::fromWCharArray(const wchar_t *string, int size)
    \since 4.2

    Returns a copy of the \a string, where the encoding of \a string depends on
    the size of wchar. If wchar is 4 bytes, the \a string is interpreted as UCS-4,
    if wchar is 2 bytes it is interpreted as UTF-16.

    If \a size is -1 (default), the \a string has to be \\0'-terminated.

    \sa fromUtf16(), fromLatin1(), fromLocal8Bit(), fromUtf8(), fromUcs4(), fromStdWString()
*/

/*! \fn std::wstring QString::toStdWString() const

    Returns a std::wstring object with the data contained in this
    QString. The std::wstring is encoded in utf16 on platforms where
    wchar_t is 2 bytes wide (e.g. windows) and in ucs4 on platforms
    where wchar_t is 4 bytes wide (most Unix systems).

    This method is mostly useful to pass a QString to a function
    that accepts a std::wstring object.

    \sa utf16(), toLatin1(), toUtf8(), toLocal8Bit(), toStdU16String(), toStdU32String()
*/

int QString::toUcs4_helper(const ushort *uc, int length, uint *out)
{
    int count = 0;

    QStringIterator i(QStringView(uc, length));
    while (i.hasNext())
        out[count++] = i.next();

    return count;
}

/*! \fn int QString::toWCharArray(wchar_t *array) const
  \since 4.2

  Fills the \a array with the data contained in this QString object.
  The array is encoded in UTF-16 on platforms where
  wchar_t is 2 bytes wide (e.g. windows) and in UCS-4 on platforms
  where wchar_t is 4 bytes wide (most Unix systems).

  \a array has to be allocated by the caller and contain enough space to
  hold the complete string (allocating the array with the same length as the
  string is always sufficient).

  This function returns the actual length of the string in \a array.

  \note This function does not append a null character to the array.

  \sa utf16(), toUcs4(), toLatin1(), toUtf8(), toLocal8Bit(), toStdWString(), QStringView::toWCharArray()
*/

/*! \fn QString::QString(const QString &other)

    Constructs a copy of \a other.

    This operation takes \l{constant time}, because QString is
    \l{implicitly shared}. This makes returning a QString from a
    function very fast. If a shared instance is modified, it will be
    copied (copy-on-write), and that takes \l{linear time}.

    \sa operator=()
*/

/*!
    Constructs a string initialized with the first \a size characters
    of the QChar array \a unicode.

    If \a unicode is 0, a null string is constructed.

    If \a size is negative, \a unicode is assumed to point to a \\0'-terminated
    array and its length is determined dynamically. The terminating
    null character is not considered part of the string.

    QString makes a deep copy of the string data. The unicode data is copied as
    is and the Byte Order Mark is preserved if present.

    \sa fromRawData()
*/
QString::QString(const QChar *unicode, int size)
{
   if (!unicode) {
        d = Data::sharedNull();
    } else {
        if (size < 0) {
            size = 0;
            while (!unicode[size].isNull())
                ++size;
        }
        if (!size) {
            d = Data::allocate(0);
        } else {
            d = Data::allocate(size + 1);
            Q_CHECK_PTR(d);
            d->size = size;
            memcpy(d->data(), unicode, size * sizeof(QChar));
            d->data()[size] = '\0';
        }
    }
}

/*!
    Constructs a string of the given \a size with every character set
    to \a ch.

    \sa fill()
*/
QString::QString(int size, QChar ch)
{
   if (size <= 0) {
        d = Data::allocate(0);
    } else {
        d = Data::allocate(size + 1);
        Q_CHECK_PTR(d);
        d->size = size;
        d->data()[size] = '\0';
        ushort *i = d->data() + size;
        ushort *b = d->data();
        const ushort value = ch.unicode();
        while (i != b)
           *--i = value;
    }
}

/*! \fn QString::QString(int size, Qt::Initialization)
  \internal

  Constructs a string of the given \a size without initializing the
  characters. This is only used in \c QStringBuilder::toString().
*/
QString::QString(int size, Qt::Initialization)
{
    d = Data::allocate(size + 1);
    Q_CHECK_PTR(d);
    d->size = size;
    d->data()[size] = '\0';
}

/*! \fn QString::QString(QLatin1String str)

    Constructs a copy of the Latin-1 string \a str.

    \sa fromLatin1()
*/

/*!
    Constructs a string of size 1 containing the character \a ch.
*/
QString::QString(QChar ch)
{
    d = Data::allocate(2);
    Q_CHECK_PTR(d);
    d->size = 1;
    d->data()[0] = ch.unicode();
    d->data()[1] = '\0';
}

/*! \fn QString::QString(const QByteArray &ba)

    Constructs a string initialized with the byte array \a ba. The
    given byte array is converted to Unicode using fromUtf8(). Stops
    copying at the first 0 character, otherwise copies the entire byte
    array.

    You can disable this constructor by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa fromLatin1(), fromLocal8Bit(), fromUtf8(), QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn QString::QString(const Null &)
    \internal
*/

/*! \fn QString::QString(QStringDataPtr)
    \internal
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator=(const QString::Null &)
    \internal
*/

/*!
  \fn QString::~QString()

    Destroys the string.
*/


/*! \fn void QString::swap(QString &other)
    \since 4.8

    Swaps string \a other with this string. This operation is very fast and
    never fails.
*/

/*! \fn void QString::detach()

    \internal
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::isDetached() const

    \internal
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::isSharedWith(const QString &other) const

    \internal
*/

/*!
    Sets the size of the string to \a size characters.

    If \a size is greater than the current size, the string is
    extended to make it \a size characters long with the extra
    characters added to the end. The new characters are uninitialized.

    If \a size is less than the current size, characters are removed
    from the end.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 45

    If you want to append a certain number of identical characters to
    the string, use the \l {QString::}{resize(int, QChar)} overload.

    If you want to expand the string so that it reaches a certain
    width and fill the new positions with a particular character, use
    the leftJustified() function:

    If \a size is negative, it is equivalent to passing zero.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 47

    \sa truncate(), reserve()
*/

void QString::resize(int size)
{
    if (size < 0)
        size = 0;

    if (IS_RAW_DATA(d) && !d->ref.isShared() && size < d->size) {
        d->size = size;
        return;
    }

    if (d->ref.isShared() || uint(size) + 1u > d->alloc)
        reallocData(uint(size) + 1u, true);
    if (d->alloc) {
        d->size = size;
        d->data()[size] = '\0';
    }
}

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.7

    Unlike \l {QString::}{resize(int)}, this overload
    initializes the new characters to \a fillChar:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 46
*/

void QString::resize(int size, QChar fillChar)
{
    const int oldSize = length();
    resize(size);
    const int difference = length() - oldSize;
    if (difference > 0)
        std::fill_n(d->begin() + oldSize, difference, fillChar.unicode());
}

/*! \fn int QString::capacity() const

    Returns the maximum number of characters that can be stored in
    the string without forcing a reallocation.

    The sole purpose of this function is to provide a means of fine
    tuning QString's memory usage. In general, you will rarely ever
    need to call this function. If you want to know how many
    characters are in the string, call size().

    \sa reserve(), squeeze()
*/

/*!
    \fn void QString::reserve(int size)

    Attempts to allocate memory for at least \a size characters. If
    you know in advance how large the string will be, you can call
    this function, and if you resize the string often you are likely
    to get better performance. If \a size is an underestimate, the
    worst that will happen is that the QString will be a bit slower.

    The sole purpose of this function is to provide a means of fine
    tuning QString's memory usage. In general, you will rarely ever
    need to call this function. If you want to change the size of the
    string, call resize().

    This function is useful for code that needs to build up a long
    string and wants to avoid repeated reallocation. In this example,
    we want to add to the string until some condition is \c true, and
    we're fairly sure that size is large enough to make a call to
    reserve() worthwhile:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 44

    \sa squeeze(), capacity()
*/

/*!
    \fn void QString::squeeze()

    Releases any memory not required to store the character data.

    The sole purpose of this function is to provide a means of fine
    tuning QString's memory usage. In general, you will rarely ever
    need to call this function.

    \sa reserve(), capacity()
*/

void QString::reallocData(uint alloc, bool grow)
{
    auto allocOptions = d->detachFlags();
    if (grow)
        allocOptions |= QArrayData::Grow;

    if (d->ref.isShared() || IS_RAW_DATA(d)) {
        Data *x = Data::allocate(alloc, allocOptions);
        Q_CHECK_PTR(x);
        x->size = qMin(int(alloc) - 1, d->size);
        ::memcpy(x->data(), d->data(), x->size * sizeof(QChar));
        x->data()[x->size] = 0;
        if (!d->ref.deref())
            Data::deallocate(d);
        d = x;
    } else {
        Data *p = Data::reallocateUnaligned(d, alloc, allocOptions);
        Q_CHECK_PTR(p);
        d = p;
    }
}

#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
void QString::expand(int i)
{
    resize(qMax(i + 1, d->size), QLatin1Char(' '));
}
#endif

/*! \fn void QString::clear()

    Clears the contents of the string and makes it null.

    \sa resize(), isNull()
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator=(const QString &other)

    Assigns \a other to this string and returns a reference to this
    string.
*/

QString &QString::operator=(const QString &other) noexcept
{
    other.d->ref.ref();
    if (!d->ref.deref())
        Data::deallocate(d);
    d = other.d;
    return *this;
}

/*!
    \fn QString &QString::operator=(QString &&other)

    Move-assigns \a other to this QString instance.

    \since 5.2
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator=(QLatin1String str)

    \overload operator=()

    Assigns the Latin-1 string \a str to this string.
*/
QString &QString::operator=(QLatin1String other)
{
    if (isDetached() && other.size() <= capacity()) { // assumes d->alloc == 0 -> !isDetached() (sharedNull)
        d->size = other.size();
        d->data()[other.size()] = 0;
        qt_from_latin1(d->data(), other.latin1(), other.size());
    } else {
        *this = fromLatin1(other.latin1(), other.size());
    }
    return *this;
}

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator=(const QByteArray &ba)

    \overload operator=()

    Assigns \a ba to this string. The byte array is converted to Unicode
    using the fromUtf8() function. This function stops conversion at the
    first NUL character found, or the end of the \a ba byte array.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator=(const char *str)

    \overload operator=()

    Assigns \a str to this string. The const char pointer is converted
    to Unicode using the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
    or \c QT_RESTRICTED_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications.
    This can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII, QT_RESTRICTED_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator=(char ch)

    \overload operator=()

    Assigns character \a ch to this string. Note that the character is
    converted to Unicode using the fromLatin1() function, unlike other 8-bit
    functions that operate on UTF-8 data.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \overload operator=()

    Sets the string to contain the single character \a ch.
*/
QString &QString::operator=(QChar ch)
{
    if (isDetached() && capacity() >= 1) { // assumes d->alloc == 0 -> !isDetached() (sharedNull)
        // re-use existing capacity:
        ushort *dat = d->data();
        dat[0] = ch.unicode();
        dat[1] = 0;
        d->size = 1;
    } else {
        operator=(QString(ch));
    }
    return *this;
}

/*!
     \fn QString& QString::insert(int position, const QString &str)

    Inserts the string \a str at the given index \a position and
    returns a reference to this string.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 26

    If the given \a position is greater than size(), the array is
    first extended using resize().

    \sa append(), prepend(), replace(), remove()
*/


/*!
    \fn QString& QString::insert(int position, const QStringRef &str)
    \since 5.5
    \overload insert()

    Inserts the string reference \a str at the given index \a position and
    returns a reference to this string.

    If the given \a position is greater than size(), the array is
    first extended using resize().
*/

/*!
    \fn QString& QString::insert(int position, QStringView str)
    \since 5.15.2
    \overload insert()

    Inserts the string reference \a str at the given index \a position and
    returns a reference to this string.

    If the given \a position is greater than size(), the array is
    first extended using resize().

    \note This method has been added in 5.15.2 to simplify writing code that is portable
    between Qt 5.15 and Qt 6.
*/


/*!
    \fn QString& QString::insert(int position, const char *str)
    \since 5.5
    \overload insert()

    Inserts the C string \a str at the given index \a position and
    returns a reference to this string.

    If the given \a position is greater than size(), the array is
    first extended using resize().

    This function is not available when \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII is
    defined.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/


/*!
    \fn QString& QString::insert(int position, const QByteArray &str)
    \since 5.5
    \overload insert()

    Inserts the byte array \a str at the given index \a position and
    returns a reference to this string.

    If the given \a position is greater than size(), the array is
    first extended using resize().

    This function is not available when \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII is
    defined.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/


/*!
    \fn QString &QString::insert(int position, QLatin1String str)
    \overload insert()

    Inserts the Latin-1 string \a str at the given index \a position.
*/
QString &QString::insert(int i, QLatin1String str)
{
    const char *s = str.latin1();
    if (i < 0 || !s || !(*s))
        return *this;

    int len = str.size();
    if (Q_UNLIKELY(i > d->size))
        resize(i + len, QLatin1Char(' '));
    else
        resize(d->size + len);

    ::memmove(d->data() + i + len, d->data() + i, (d->size - i - len) * sizeof(QChar));
    qt_from_latin1(d->data() + i, s, uint(len));
    return *this;
}

/*!
    \fn QString& QString::insert(int position, const QChar *unicode, int size)
    \overload insert()

    Inserts the first \a size characters of the QChar array \a unicode
    at the given index \a position in the string.
*/
QString& QString::insert(int i, const QChar *unicode, int size)
{
    if (i < 0 || size <= 0)
        return *this;

    const ushort *s = (const ushort *)unicode;
    const std::less<const ushort*> less = {};
    if (!less(s, d->data()) && less(s, d->data() + d->alloc)) {
        // Part of me - take a copy
        const QVarLengthArray<ushort> copy(s, s + size);
        insert(i, reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(copy.data()), size);
        return *this;
    }

    if (Q_UNLIKELY(i > d->size))
        resize(i + size, QLatin1Char(' '));
    else
        resize(d->size + size);

    ::memmove(d->data() + i + size, d->data() + i, (d->size - i - size) * sizeof(QChar));
    memcpy(d->data() + i, s, size * sizeof(QChar));
    return *this;
}

/*!
    \fn QString& QString::insert(int position, QChar ch)
    \overload insert()

    Inserts \a ch at the given index \a position in the string.
*/

QString& QString::insert(int i, QChar ch)
{
    if (i < 0)
        i += d->size;
    if (i < 0)
        return *this;
    if (Q_UNLIKELY(i > d->size))
        resize(i + 1, QLatin1Char(' '));
    else
        resize(d->size + 1);
    ::memmove(d->data() + i + 1, d->data() + i, (d->size - i - 1) * sizeof(QChar));
    d->data()[i] = ch.unicode();
    return *this;
}

/*!
    Appends the string \a str onto the end of this string.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 9

    This is the same as using the insert() function:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 10

    The append() function is typically very fast (\l{constant time}),
    because QString preallocates extra space at the end of the string
    data so it can grow without reallocating the entire string each
    time.

    \sa operator+=(), prepend(), insert()
*/
QString &QString::append(const QString &str)
{
    if (str.d != Data::sharedNull()) {
        if (d == Data::sharedNull()) {
            operator=(str);
        } else {
            if (d->ref.isShared() || uint(d->size + str.d->size) + 1u > d->alloc)
                reallocData(uint(d->size + str.d->size) + 1u, true);
            memcpy(d->data() + d->size, str.d->data(), str.d->size * sizeof(QChar));
            d->size += str.d->size;
            d->data()[d->size] = '\0';
        }
    }
    return *this;
}

/*!
  \overload append()
  \since 5.0

  Appends \a len characters from the QChar array \a str to this string.
*/
QString &QString::append(const QChar *str, int len)
{
    if (str && len > 0) {
        if (d->ref.isShared() || uint(d->size + len) + 1u > d->alloc)
            reallocData(uint(d->size + len) + 1u, true);
        memcpy(d->data() + d->size, str, len * sizeof(QChar));
        d->size += len;
        d->data()[d->size] = '\0';
    }
    return *this;
}

/*!
  \overload append()

  Appends the Latin-1 string \a str to this string.
*/
QString &QString::append(QLatin1String str)
{
    const char *s = str.latin1();
    if (s) {
        int len = str.size();
        if (d->ref.isShared() || uint(d->size + len) + 1u > d->alloc)
            reallocData(uint(d->size + len) + 1u, true);
        ushort *i = d->data() + d->size;
        qt_from_latin1(i, s, uint(len));
        i[len] = '\0';
        d->size += len;
    }
    return *this;
}

/*! \fn QString &QString::append(const QByteArray &ba)

    \overload append()

    Appends the byte array \a ba to this string. The given byte array
    is converted to Unicode using the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this function by defining \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
    when you compile your applications. This can be useful if you want
    to ensure that all user-visible strings go through QObject::tr(),
    for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::append(const char *str)

    \overload append()

    Appends the string \a str to this string. The given const char
    pointer is converted to Unicode using the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this function by defining \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
    when you compile your applications. This can be useful if you want
    to ensure that all user-visible strings go through QObject::tr(),
    for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \overload append()

    Appends the character \a ch to this string.
*/
QString &QString::append(QChar ch)
{
    if (d->ref.isShared() || uint(d->size) + 2u > d->alloc)
        reallocData(uint(d->size) + 2u, true);
    d->data()[d->size++] = ch.unicode();
    d->data()[d->size] = '\0';
    return *this;
}

/*! \fn QString &QString::prepend(const QString &str)

    Prepends the string \a str to the beginning of this string and
    returns a reference to this string.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 36

    \sa append(), insert()
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::prepend(QLatin1String str)

    \overload prepend()

    Prepends the Latin-1 string \a str to this string.
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::prepend(const QChar *str, int len)
    \since 5.5
    \overload prepend()

    Prepends \a len characters from the QChar array \a str to this string and
    returns a reference to this string.
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::prepend(const QStringRef &str)
    \since 5.5
    \overload prepend()

    Prepends the string reference \a str to the beginning of this string and
    returns a reference to this string.
*/

/*!
    \fn QString &QString::prepend(QStringView str)
    \since 5.15.2

    Prepends the given string \a str to this string and returns the result.

    \note This method has been added in 5.15.2 to simplify writing code that is portable
    between Qt 5.15 and Qt 6.
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::prepend(const QByteArray &ba)

    \overload prepend()

    Prepends the byte array \a ba to this string. The byte array is
    converted to Unicode using the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this function by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::prepend(const char *str)

    \overload prepend()

    Prepends the string \a str to this string. The const char pointer
    is converted to Unicode using the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this function by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::prepend(QChar ch)

    \overload prepend()

    Prepends the character \a ch to this string.
*/

/*!
  \fn QString &QString::remove(int position, int n)

  Removes \a n characters from the string, starting at the given \a
  position index, and returns a reference to the string.

  If the specified \a position index is within the string, but \a
  position + \a n is beyond the end of the string, the string is
  truncated at the specified \a position.

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 37

  \sa insert(), replace()
*/
QString &QString::remove(int pos, int len)
{
    if (pos < 0)  // count from end of string
        pos += d->size;
    if (uint(pos) >= uint(d->size)) {
        // range problems
    } else if (len >= d->size - pos) {
        resize(pos); // truncate
    } else if (len > 0) {
        detach();
        memmove(d->data() + pos, d->data() + pos + len,
                (d->size - pos - len + 1) * sizeof(ushort));
        d->size -= len;
    }
    return *this;
}

template<typename T>
static void removeStringImpl(QString &s, const T &needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    const auto needleSize = needle.size();
    if (!needleSize)
        return;

    // avoid detach if nothing to do:
    int i = s.indexOf(needle, 0, cs);
    if (i < 0)
        return;

    const auto beg = s.begin(); // detaches
    auto dst = beg + i;
    auto src = beg + i + needleSize;
    const auto end = s.end();
    // loop invariant: [beg, dst[ is partial result
    //                 [src, end[ still to be checked for needles
    while (src < end) {
        const auto i = s.indexOf(needle, src - beg, cs);
        const auto hit = i == -1 ? end : beg + i;
        const auto skipped = hit - src;
        memmove(dst, src, skipped * sizeof(QChar));
        dst += skipped;
        src = hit + needleSize;
    }
    s.truncate(dst - beg);
}

/*!
  Removes every occurrence of the given \a str string in this
  string, and returns a reference to this string.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
  case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  This is the same as \c replace(str, "", cs).

  \sa replace()
*/
QString &QString::remove(const QString &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    const auto s = reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(str.data());
    const std::less<const ushort *> less = {};
    if (!less(s, d->data()) && less(s, d->data() + d->alloc)) {
        // Part of me - take a copy
        const QVarLengthArray<ushort> copy(s, s + str.size());
        removeStringImpl(*this, QStringView{copy.data(), copy.size()}, cs);
    } else {
        removeStringImpl(*this, qToStringViewIgnoringNull(str), cs);
    }
    return *this;
}

/*!
  \since 5.11
  \overload

  Removes every occurrence of the given \a str string in this
  string, and returns a reference to this string.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
  case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  This is the same as \c replace(str, "", cs).

  \sa replace()
*/
QString &QString::remove(QLatin1String str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    removeStringImpl(*this, str, cs);
    return *this;
}

/*!
  Removes every occurrence of the character \a ch in this string, and
  returns a reference to this string.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  Example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 38

  This is the same as \c replace(ch, "", cs).

  \sa replace()
*/
QString &QString::remove(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    const int idx = indexOf(ch, 0, cs);
    if (idx != -1) {
        const auto first = begin(); // implicit detach()
        auto last = end();
        if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
            last = std::remove(first + idx, last, ch);
        } else {
            const QChar c = ch.toCaseFolded();
            auto caseInsensEqual = [c](QChar x) {
                return c == x.toCaseFolded();
            };
            last = std::remove_if(first + idx, last, caseInsensEqual);
        }
        resize(last - first);
    }
    return *this;
}

/*!
  \fn QString &QString::remove(const QRegExp &rx)

  Removes every occurrence of the regular expression \a rx in the
  string, and returns a reference to the string. For example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 39

  \sa indexOf(), lastIndexOf(), replace()
*/

/*!
  \fn QString &QString::remove(const QRegularExpression &re)
  \since 5.0

  Removes every occurrence of the regular expression \a re in the
  string, and returns a reference to the string. For example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 96

  \sa indexOf(), lastIndexOf(), replace()
*/

/*!
  \fn QString &QString::replace(int position, int n, const QString &after)

  Replaces \a n characters beginning at index \a position with
  the string \a after and returns a reference to this string.

  \note If the specified \a position index is within the string,
  but \a position + \a n goes outside the strings range,
  then \a n will be adjusted to stop at the end of the string.

  Example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 40

  \sa insert(), remove()
*/
QString &QString::replace(int pos, int len, const QString &after)
{
    return replace(pos, len, after.constData(), after.length());
}

/*!
  \fn QString &QString::replace(int position, int n, const QChar *unicode, int size)
  \overload replace()
  Replaces \a n characters beginning at index \a position with the
  first \a size characters of the QChar array \a unicode and returns a
  reference to this string.
*/
QString &QString::replace(int pos, int len, const QChar *unicode, int size)
{
    if (uint(pos) > uint(d->size))
        return *this;
    if (len > d->size - pos)
        len = d->size - pos;

    uint index = pos;
    replace_helper(&index, 1, len, unicode, size);
    return *this;
}

/*!
  \fn QString &QString::replace(int position, int n, QChar after)
  \overload replace()

  Replaces \a n characters beginning at index \a position with the
  character \a after and returns a reference to this string.
*/
QString &QString::replace(int pos, int len, QChar after)
{
    return replace(pos, len, &after, 1);
}

/*!
  \overload replace()
  Replaces every occurrence of the string \a before with the string \a
  after and returns a reference to this string.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  Example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 41

  \note The replacement text is not rescanned after it is inserted.

  Example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 86
*/
QString &QString::replace(const QString &before, const QString &after, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    return replace(before.constData(), before.size(), after.constData(), after.size(), cs);
}

namespace { // helpers for replace and its helper:
QChar *textCopy(const QChar *start, int len)
{
    const size_t size = len * sizeof(QChar);
    QChar *const copy = static_cast<QChar *>(::malloc(size));
    Q_CHECK_PTR(copy);
    ::memcpy(copy, start, size);
    return copy;
}

bool pointsIntoRange(const QChar *ptr, const ushort *base, int len)
{
    const QChar *const start = reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(base);
    const std::less<const QChar *> less = {};
    return !less(ptr, start) && less(ptr, start + len);
}
} // end namespace

/*!
  \internal
 */
void QString::replace_helper(uint *indices, int nIndices, int blen, const QChar *after, int alen)
{
    // Copy after if it lies inside our own d->data() area (which we could
    // possibly invalidate via a realloc or modify by replacement).
    QChar *afterBuffer = nullptr;
    if (pointsIntoRange(after, d->data(), d->size)) // Use copy in place of vulnerable original:
        after = afterBuffer = textCopy(after, alen);

    QT_TRY {
        if (blen == alen) {
            // replace in place
            detach();
            for (int i = 0; i < nIndices; ++i)
                memcpy(d->data() + indices[i], after, alen * sizeof(QChar));
        } else if (alen < blen) {
            // replace from front
            detach();
            uint to = indices[0];
            if (alen)
                memcpy(d->data()+to, after, alen*sizeof(QChar));
            to += alen;
            uint movestart = indices[0] + blen;
            for (int i = 1; i < nIndices; ++i) {
                int msize = indices[i] - movestart;
                if (msize > 0) {
                    memmove(d->data() + to, d->data() + movestart, msize * sizeof(QChar));
                    to += msize;
                }
                if (alen) {
                    memcpy(d->data() + to, after, alen * sizeof(QChar));
                    to += alen;
                }
                movestart = indices[i] + blen;
            }
            int msize = d->size - movestart;
            if (msize > 0)
                memmove(d->data() + to, d->data() + movestart, msize * sizeof(QChar));
            resize(d->size - nIndices*(blen-alen));
        } else {
            // replace from back
            int adjust = nIndices*(alen-blen);
            int newLen = d->size + adjust;
            int moveend = d->size;
            resize(newLen);

            while (nIndices) {
                --nIndices;
                int movestart = indices[nIndices] + blen;
                int insertstart = indices[nIndices] + nIndices*(alen-blen);
                int moveto = insertstart + alen;
                memmove(d->data() + moveto, d->data() + movestart,
                        (moveend - movestart)*sizeof(QChar));
                memcpy(d->data() + insertstart, after, alen * sizeof(QChar));
                moveend = movestart-blen;
            }
        }
    } QT_CATCH(const std::bad_alloc &) {
        ::free(afterBuffer);
        QT_RETHROW;
    }
    ::free(afterBuffer);
}

/*!
  \since 4.5
  \overload replace()

  Replaces each occurrence in this string of the first \a blen
  characters of \a before with the first \a alen characters of \a
  after and returns a reference to this string.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.
*/
QString &QString::replace(const QChar *before, int blen,
                          const QChar *after, int alen,
                          Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    if (d->size == 0) {
        if (blen)
            return *this;
    } else {
        if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive && before == after && blen == alen)
            return *this;
    }
    if (alen == 0 && blen == 0)
        return *this;

    QStringMatcher matcher(before, blen, cs);
    QChar *beforeBuffer = nullptr, *afterBuffer = nullptr;

    int index = 0;
    while (1) {
        uint indices[1024];
        uint pos = 0;
        while (pos < 1024) {
            index = matcher.indexIn(*this, index);
            if (index == -1)
                break;
            indices[pos++] = index;
            if (blen) // Step over before:
                index += blen;
            else // Only count one instance of empty between any two characters:
                index++;
        }
        if (!pos) // Nothing to replace
            break;

        if (Q_UNLIKELY(index != -1)) {
            /*
              We're about to change data, that before and after might point
              into, and we'll need that data for our next batch of indices.
            */
            if (!afterBuffer && pointsIntoRange(after, d->data(), d->size))
                after = afterBuffer = textCopy(after, alen);

            if (!beforeBuffer && pointsIntoRange(before, d->data(), d->size)) {
                beforeBuffer = textCopy(before, blen);
                matcher = QStringMatcher(beforeBuffer, blen, cs);
            }
        }

        replace_helper(indices, pos, blen, after, alen);

        if (Q_LIKELY(index == -1)) // Nothing left to replace
            break;
        // The call to replace_helper just moved what index points at:
        index += pos*(alen-blen);
    }
    ::free(afterBuffer);
    ::free(beforeBuffer);

    return *this;
}

/*!
  \overload replace()
  Replaces every occurrence of the character \a ch in the string with
  \a after and returns a reference to this string.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.
*/
QString& QString::replace(QChar ch, const QString &after, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    if (after.d->size == 0)
        return remove(ch, cs);

    if (after.d->size == 1)
        return replace(ch, after.front(), cs);

    if (d->size == 0)
        return *this;

    ushort cc = (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive ? ch.unicode() : ch.toCaseFolded().unicode());

    int index = 0;
    while (1) {
        uint indices[1024];
        uint pos = 0;
        if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
            while (pos < 1024 && index < d->size) {
                if (d->data()[index] == cc)
                    indices[pos++] = index;
                index++;
            }
        } else {
            while (pos < 1024 && index < d->size) {
                if (QChar::toCaseFolded(d->data()[index]) == cc)
                    indices[pos++] = index;
                index++;
            }
        }
        if (!pos) // Nothing to replace
            break;

        replace_helper(indices, pos, 1, after.constData(), after.d->size);

        if (Q_LIKELY(index == size())) // Nothing left to replace
            break;
        // The call to replace_helper just moved what index points at:
        index += pos*(after.d->size - 1);
    }
    return *this;
}

/*!
  \overload replace()
  Replaces every occurrence of the character \a before with the
  character \a after and returns a reference to this string.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.
*/
QString& QString::replace(QChar before, QChar after, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    if (d->size) {
        const int idx = indexOf(before, 0, cs);
        if (idx != -1) {
            detach();
            const ushort a = after.unicode();
            ushort *i = d->data();
            const ushort *e = i + d->size;
            i += idx;
            *i = a;
            if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
                const ushort b = before.unicode();
                while (++i != e) {
                    if (*i == b)
                        *i = a;
                }
            } else {
                const ushort b = foldCase(before.unicode());
                while (++i != e) {
                    if (foldCase(*i) == b)
                        *i = a;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return *this;
}

/*!
  \since 4.5
  \overload replace()

  Replaces every occurrence of the string \a before with the string \a
  after and returns a reference to this string.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  \note The text is not rescanned after a replacement.
*/
QString &QString::replace(QLatin1String before, QLatin1String after, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    int alen = after.size();
    int blen = before.size();
    QVarLengthArray<ushort> a(alen);
    QVarLengthArray<ushort> b(blen);
    qt_from_latin1(a.data(), after.latin1(), alen);
    qt_from_latin1(b.data(), before.latin1(), blen);
    return replace((const QChar *)b.data(), blen, (const QChar *)a.data(), alen, cs);
}

/*!
  \since 4.5
  \overload replace()

  Replaces every occurrence of the string \a before with the string \a
  after and returns a reference to this string.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  \note The text is not rescanned after a replacement.
*/
QString &QString::replace(QLatin1String before, const QString &after, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    int blen = before.size();
    QVarLengthArray<ushort> b(blen);
    qt_from_latin1(b.data(), before.latin1(), blen);
    return replace((const QChar *)b.data(), blen, after.constData(), after.d->size, cs);
}

/*!
  \since 4.5
  \overload replace()

  Replaces every occurrence of the string \a before with the string \a
  after and returns a reference to this string.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  \note The text is not rescanned after a replacement.
*/
QString &QString::replace(const QString &before, QLatin1String after, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    int alen = after.size();
    QVarLengthArray<ushort> a(alen);
    qt_from_latin1(a.data(), after.latin1(), alen);
    return replace(before.constData(), before.d->size, (const QChar *)a.data(), alen, cs);
}

/*!
  \since 4.5
  \overload replace()

  Replaces every occurrence of the character \a c with the string \a
  after and returns a reference to this string.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  \note The text is not rescanned after a replacement.
*/
QString &QString::replace(QChar c, QLatin1String after, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    int alen = after.size();
    QVarLengthArray<ushort> a(alen);
    qt_from_latin1(a.data(), after.latin1(), alen);
    return replace(&c, 1, (const QChar *)a.data(), alen, cs);
}


/*!
  \relates QString
  Returns \c true if string \a s1 is equal to string \a s2; otherwise
  returns \c false.

  \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/
bool operator==(const QString &s1, const QString &s2) noexcept
{
    if (s1.d->size != s2.d->size)
        return false;

    return qt_compare_strings(s1, s2, Qt::CaseSensitive) == 0;
}

/*!
    \overload operator==()
    Returns \c true if this string is equal to \a other; otherwise
    returns \c false.
*/
bool QString::operator==(QLatin1String other) const noexcept
{
    if (d->size != other.size())
        return false;

    return qt_compare_strings(*this, other, Qt::CaseSensitive) == 0;
}

/*! \fn bool QString::operator==(const QByteArray &other) const

    \overload operator==()

    The \a other byte array is converted to a QString using the
    fromUtf8() function. This function stops conversion at the
    first NUL character found, or the end of the byte array.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically equal to the parameter
    string \a other. Otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator==(const char *other) const

    \overload operator==()

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
   \relates QString
    Returns \c true if string \a s1 is lexically less than string
    \a s2; otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/
bool operator<(const QString &s1, const QString &s2) noexcept
{
    return qt_compare_strings(s1, s2, Qt::CaseSensitive) < 0;
}

/*!
   \overload operator<()

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically less than the parameter
    string called \a other; otherwise returns \c false.
*/
bool QString::operator<(QLatin1String other) const noexcept
{
    return qt_compare_strings(*this, other, Qt::CaseSensitive) < 0;
}

/*! \fn bool QString::operator<(const QByteArray &other) const

    \overload operator<()

    The \a other byte array is converted to a QString using the
    fromUtf8() function. If any NUL characters ('\\0') are embedded
    in the byte array, they will be included in the transformation.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator<(const char *other) const

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically less than string \a other.
    Otherwise returns \c false.

    \overload operator<()

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool operator<=(const QString &s1, const QString &s2)

    \relates QString

    Returns \c true if string \a s1 is lexically less than or equal to
    string \a s2; otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator<=(QLatin1String other) const

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically less than or equal to
    parameter string \a other. Otherwise returns \c false.

    \overload operator<=()
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator<=(const QByteArray &other) const

    \overload operator<=()

    The \a other byte array is converted to a QString using the
    fromUtf8() function. If any NUL characters ('\\0') are embedded
    in the byte array, they will be included in the transformation.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator<=(const char *other) const

    \overload operator<=()

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool operator>(const QString &s1, const QString &s2)
    \relates QString

    Returns \c true if string \a s1 is lexically greater than string \a s2;
    otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
   \overload operator>()

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically greater than the parameter
    string \a other; otherwise returns \c false.
*/
bool QString::operator>(QLatin1String other) const noexcept
{
    return qt_compare_strings(*this, other, Qt::CaseSensitive) > 0;
}

/*! \fn bool QString::operator>(const QByteArray &other) const

    \overload operator>()

    The \a other byte array is converted to a QString using the
    fromUtf8() function. If any NUL characters ('\\0') are embedded
    in the byte array, they will be included in the transformation.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator>(const char *other) const

    \overload operator>()

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
    when you compile your applications. This can be useful if you want
    to ensure that all user-visible strings go through QObject::tr(),
    for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool operator>=(const QString &s1, const QString &s2)
    \relates QString

    Returns \c true if string \a s1 is lexically greater than or equal to
    string \a s2; otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator>=(QLatin1String other) const

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically greater than or equal to parameter
    string \a other. Otherwise returns \c false.

    \overload operator>=()
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator>=(const QByteArray &other) const

    \overload operator>=()

    The \a other byte array is converted to a QString using the
    fromUtf8() function. If any NUL characters ('\\0') are embedded in
    the byte array, they will be included in the transformation.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
    when you compile your applications. This can be useful if you want
    to ensure that all user-visible strings go through QObject::tr(),
    for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator>=(const char *other) const

    \overload operator>=()

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
    when you compile your applications. This can be useful if you want
    to ensure that all user-visible strings go through QObject::tr(),
    for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool operator!=(const QString &s1, const QString &s2)
    \relates QString

    Returns \c true if string \a s1 is not equal to string \a s2;
    otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator!=(QLatin1String other) const

    Returns \c true if this string is not equal to parameter string \a other.
    Otherwise returns \c false.

    \overload operator!=()
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator!=(const QByteArray &other) const

    \overload operator!=()

    The \a other byte array is converted to a QString using the
    fromUtf8() function. If any NUL characters ('\\0') are embedded
    in the byte array, they will be included in the transformation.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
    when you compile your applications. This can be useful if you want
    to ensure that all user-visible strings go through QObject::tr(),
    for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::operator!=(const char *other) const

    \overload operator!=()

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*!
  Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string \a
  str in this string, searching forward from index position \a
  from. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  Example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 24

  If \a from is -1, the search starts at the last character; if it is
  -2, at the next to last character and so on.

  \sa lastIndexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QString::indexOf(const QString &str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::findString(QStringView(unicode(), length()), from, QStringView(str.unicode(), str.length()), cs));
}
#endif  // QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2

/*!
    \fn int QString::indexOf(QStringView str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.14
    \overload indexOf()

    Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string view \a str
    in this string, searching forward from index position \a from.
    Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    If \a from is -1, the search starts at the last character; if it is
    -2, at the next to last character and so on.

    \sa QStringView::indexOf(), lastIndexOf(), contains(), count()
*/

/*!
  \since 4.5
  Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string \a
  str in this string, searching forward from index position \a
  from. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  Example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 24

  If \a from is -1, the search starts at the last character; if it is
  -2, at the next to last character and so on.

  \sa lastIndexOf(), contains(), count()
*/

int QString::indexOf(QLatin1String str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::findString(QStringView(unicode(), size()), from, str, cs));
}

/*!
    \overload indexOf()

    Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the
    character \a ch in the string, searching forward from index
    position \a from. Returns -1 if \a ch could not be found.
*/
int QString::indexOf(QChar ch, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(qFindChar(QStringView(unicode(), length()), ch, from, cs));
}

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*!
    \since 4.8

    \overload indexOf()

    Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string
    reference \a str in this string, searching forward from index
    position \a from. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.
*/
int QString::indexOf(const QStringRef &str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::findString(QStringView(unicode(), length()), from, QStringView(str.unicode(), str.length()), cs));
}

/*!
  Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string \a
  str in this string, searching backward from index position \a
  from. If \a from is -1 (default), the search starts at the last
  character; if \a from is -2, at the next to last character and so
  on. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  Example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 29

  \sa indexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QString::lastIndexOf(const QString &str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::lastIndexOf(QStringView(*this), from, str, cs));
}

#endif // QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2

/*!
  \since 4.5
  \overload lastIndexOf()

  Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string \a
  str in this string, searching backward from index position \a
  from. If \a from is -1 (default), the search starts at the last
  character; if \a from is -2, at the next to last character and so
  on. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  Example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 29

  \sa indexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QString::lastIndexOf(QLatin1String str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::lastIndexOf(*this, from, str, cs));
}

/*!
  \overload lastIndexOf()

  Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the character
  \a ch, searching backward from position \a from.
*/
int QString::lastIndexOf(QChar ch, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(qLastIndexOf(QStringView(*this), ch, from, cs));
}

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*!
  \since 4.8
  \overload lastIndexOf()

  Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string
  reference \a str in this string, searching backward from index
  position \a from. If \a from is -1 (default), the search starts at
  the last character; if \a from is -2, at the next to last character
  and so on. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  \sa indexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QString::lastIndexOf(const QStringRef &str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::lastIndexOf(*this, from, str, cs));
}
#endif // QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2

/*!
  \fn int QString::lastIndexOf(QStringView str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
  \since 5.14
  \overload lastIndexOf()

  Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string view \a
  str in this string, searching backward from index position \a
  from. If \a from is -1 (default), the search starts at the last
  character; if \a from is -2, at the next to last character and so
  on. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  \sa indexOf(), contains(), count()
*/


#if !(defined(QT_NO_REGEXP) && !QT_CONFIG(regularexpression))
struct QStringCapture
{
    int pos;
    int len;
    int no;
};
Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(QStringCapture, Q_PRIMITIVE_TYPE);
#endif

#ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP

/*!
  \overload replace()

  Replaces every occurrence of the regular expression \a rx in the
  string with \a after. Returns a reference to the string. For
  example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 42

  For regular expressions containing \l{capturing parentheses},
  occurrences of \b{\\1}, \b{\\2}, ..., in \a after are replaced
  with \a{rx}.cap(1), cap(2), ...

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 43

  \sa indexOf(), lastIndexOf(), remove(), QRegExp::cap()
*/
QString& QString::replace(const QRegExp &rx, const QString &after)
{
    QRegExp rx2(rx);

    if (isEmpty() && rx2.indexIn(*this) == -1)
        return *this;

    reallocData(uint(d->size) + 1u);

    int index = 0;
    int numCaptures = rx2.captureCount();
    int al = after.length();
    QRegExp::CaretMode caretMode = QRegExp::CaretAtZero;

    if (numCaptures > 0) {
        const QChar *uc = after.unicode();
        int numBackRefs = 0;

        for (int i = 0; i < al - 1; i++) {
            if (uc[i] == QLatin1Char('\\')) {
                int no = uc[i + 1].digitValue();
                if (no > 0 && no <= numCaptures)
                    numBackRefs++;
            }
        }

        /*
            This is the harder case where we have back-references.
        */
        if (numBackRefs > 0) {
            QVarLengthArray<QStringCapture, 16> captures(numBackRefs);
            int j = 0;

            for (int i = 0; i < al - 1; i++) {
                if (uc[i] == QLatin1Char('\\')) {
                    int no = uc[i + 1].digitValue();
                    if (no > 0 && no <= numCaptures) {
                        QStringCapture capture;
                        capture.pos = i;
                        capture.len = 2;

                        if (i < al - 2) {
                            int secondDigit = uc[i + 2].digitValue();
                            if (secondDigit != -1 && ((no * 10) + secondDigit) <= numCaptures) {
                                no = (no * 10) + secondDigit;
                                ++capture.len;
                            }
                        }

                        capture.no = no;
                        captures[j++] = capture;
                    }
                }
            }

            while (index <= length()) {
                index = rx2.indexIn(*this, index, caretMode);
                if (index == -1)
                    break;

                QString after2(after);
                for (j = numBackRefs - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
                    const QStringCapture &capture = captures[j];
                    after2.replace(capture.pos, capture.len, rx2.cap(capture.no));
                }

                replace(index, rx2.matchedLength(), after2);
                index += after2.length();

                // avoid infinite loop on 0-length matches (e.g., QRegExp("[a-z]*"))
                if (rx2.matchedLength() == 0)
                    ++index;

                caretMode = QRegExp::CaretWontMatch;
            }
            return *this;
        }
    }

    /*
        This is the simple and optimized case where we don't have
        back-references.
    */
    while (index != -1) {
        struct {
            int pos;
            int length;
        } replacements[2048];

        int pos = 0;
        int adjust = 0;
        while (pos < 2047) {
            index = rx2.indexIn(*this, index, caretMode);
            if (index == -1)
                break;
            int ml = rx2.matchedLength();
            replacements[pos].pos = index;
            replacements[pos++].length = ml;
            index += ml;
            adjust += al - ml;
            // avoid infinite loop
            if (!ml)
                index++;
        }
        if (!pos)
            break;
        replacements[pos].pos = d->size;
        int newlen = d->size + adjust;

        // to continue searching at the right position after we did
        // the first round of replacements
        if (index != -1)
            index += adjust;
        QString newstring;
        newstring.reserve(newlen + 1);
        QChar *newuc = newstring.data();
        QChar *uc = newuc;
        int copystart = 0;
        int i = 0;
        while (i < pos) {
            int copyend = replacements[i].pos;
            int size = copyend - copystart;
            memcpy(static_cast<void*>(uc), static_cast<const void *>(d->data() + copystart), size * sizeof(QChar));
            uc += size;
            memcpy(static_cast<void *>(uc), static_cast<const void *>(after.d->data()), al * sizeof(QChar));
            uc += al;
            copystart = copyend + replacements[i].length;
            i++;
        }
        memcpy(static_cast<void *>(uc), static_cast<const void *>(d->data() + copystart), (d->size - copystart) * sizeof(QChar));
        newstring.resize(newlen);
        *this = newstring;
        caretMode = QRegExp::CaretWontMatch;
    }
    return *this;
}
#endif

#if QT_CONFIG(regularexpression)
/*!
  \overload replace()
  \since 5.0

  Replaces every occurrence of the regular expression \a re in the
  string with \a after. Returns a reference to the string. For
  example:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 87

  For regular expressions containing capturing groups,
  occurrences of \b{\\1}, \b{\\2}, ..., in \a after are replaced
  with the string captured by the corresponding capturing group.

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 88

  \sa indexOf(), lastIndexOf(), remove(), QRegularExpression, QRegularExpressionMatch
*/
QString &QString::replace(const QRegularExpression &re, const QString &after)
{
    if (!re.isValid()) {
        qWarning("QString::replace: invalid QRegularExpression object");
        return *this;
    }

    const QString copy(*this);
    QRegularExpressionMatchIterator iterator = re.globalMatch(copy);
    if (!iterator.hasNext()) // no matches at all
        return *this;

    reallocData(uint(d->size) + 1u);

    int numCaptures = re.captureCount();

    // 1. build the backreferences vector, holding where the backreferences
    // are in the replacement string
    QVector<QStringCapture> backReferences;
    const int al = after.length();
    const QChar *ac = after.unicode();

    for (int i = 0; i < al - 1; i++) {
        if (ac[i] == QLatin1Char('\\')) {
            int no = ac[i + 1].digitValue();
            if (no > 0 && no <= numCaptures) {
                QStringCapture backReference;
                backReference.pos = i;
                backReference.len = 2;

                if (i < al - 2) {
                    int secondDigit = ac[i + 2].digitValue();
                    if (secondDigit != -1 && ((no * 10) + secondDigit) <= numCaptures) {
                        no = (no * 10) + secondDigit;
                        ++backReference.len;
                    }
                }

                backReference.no = no;
                backReferences.append(backReference);
            }
        }
    }

    // 2. iterate on the matches. For every match, copy in chunks
    // - the part before the match
    // - the after string, with the proper replacements for the backreferences

    int newLength = 0; // length of the new string, with all the replacements
    int lastEnd = 0;
    QVector<QStringRef> chunks;
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
        QRegularExpressionMatch match = iterator.next();
        int len;
        // add the part before the match
        len = match.capturedStart() - lastEnd;
        if (len > 0) {
            chunks << copy.midRef(lastEnd, len);
            newLength += len;
        }

        lastEnd = 0;
        // add the after string, with replacements for the backreferences
        for (const QStringCapture &backReference : qAsConst(backReferences)) {
            // part of "after" before the backreference
            len = backReference.pos - lastEnd;
            if (len > 0) {
                chunks << after.midRef(lastEnd, len);
                newLength += len;
            }

            // backreference itself
            len = match.capturedLength(backReference.no);
            if (len > 0) {
                chunks << copy.midRef(match.capturedStart(backReference.no), len);
                newLength += len;
            }

            lastEnd = backReference.pos + backReference.len;
        }

        // add the last part of the after string
        len = after.length() - lastEnd;
        if (len > 0) {
            chunks << after.midRef(lastEnd, len);
            newLength += len;
        }

        lastEnd = match.capturedEnd();
    }

    // 3. trailing string after the last match
    if (copy.length() > lastEnd) {
        chunks << copy.midRef(lastEnd);
        newLength += copy.length() - lastEnd;
    }

    // 4. assemble the chunks together
    resize(newLength);
    int i = 0;
    QChar *uc = data();
    for (const QStringRef &chunk : qAsConst(chunks)) {
        int len = chunk.length();
        memcpy(uc + i, chunk.unicode(), len * sizeof(QChar));
        i += len;
    }

    return *this;
}
#endif // QT_CONFIG(regularexpression)

/*!
    Returns the number of (potentially overlapping) occurrences of
    the string \a str in this string.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa contains(), indexOf()
*/

int QString::count(const QString &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(qt_string_count(QStringView(unicode(), size()), QStringView(str.unicode(), str.size()), cs));
}

/*!
    \overload count()

    Returns the number of occurrences of character \a ch in the string.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa contains(), indexOf()
*/

int QString::count(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(qt_string_count(QStringView(unicode(), size()), ch, cs));
}

/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload count()
    Returns the number of (potentially overlapping) occurrences of the
    string reference \a str in this string.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa contains(), indexOf()
*/
int QString::count(const QStringRef &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(qt_string_count(QStringView(unicode(), size()), QStringView(str.unicode(), str.size()), cs));
}

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*! \fn bool QString::contains(const QString &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const

    Returns \c true if this string contains an occurrence of the string
    \a str; otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    Example:
    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 17

    \sa indexOf(), count()
*/
#endif // QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2

/*! \fn bool QString::contains(QLatin1String str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \since 5.3

    \overload contains()

    Returns \c true if this string contains an occurrence of the latin-1 string
    \a str; otherwise returns \c false.
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::contains(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const

    \overload contains()

    Returns \c true if this string contains an occurrence of the
    character \a ch; otherwise returns \c false.
*/

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*! \fn bool QString::contains(const QStringRef &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \since 4.8

    Returns \c true if this string contains an occurrence of the string
    reference \a str; otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa indexOf(), count()
*/
#endif // QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2

/*! \fn bool QString::contains(QStringView str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \since 5.14
    \overload contains()

    Returns \c true if this string contains an occurrence of the string view
    \a str; otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa indexOf(), count()
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::contains(const QRegExp &rx) const

    \overload contains()

    Returns \c true if the regular expression \a rx matches somewhere in
    this string; otherwise returns \c false.
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::contains(QRegExp &rx) const
    \overload contains()
    \since 4.5

    Returns \c true if the regular expression \a rx matches somewhere in
    this string; otherwise returns \c false.

    If there is a match, the \a rx regular expression will contain the
    matched captures (see QRegExp::matchedLength, QRegExp::cap).
*/

#ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP
/*!
    \overload indexOf()

    Returns the index position of the first match of the regular
    expression \a rx in the string, searching forward from index
    position \a from. Returns -1 if \a rx didn't match anywhere.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 25
*/
int QString::indexOf(const QRegExp& rx, int from) const
{
    QRegExp rx2(rx);
    return rx2.indexIn(*this, from);
}

/*!
    \overload indexOf()
    \since 4.5

    Returns the index position of the first match of the regular
    expression \a rx in the string, searching forward from index
    position \a from. Returns -1 if \a rx didn't match anywhere.

    If there is a match, the \a rx regular expression will contain the
    matched captures (see QRegExp::matchedLength, QRegExp::cap).

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 25
*/
int QString::indexOf(QRegExp& rx, int from) const
{
    return rx.indexIn(*this, from);
}

/*!
    \overload lastIndexOf()

    Returns the index position of the last match of the regular
    expression \a rx in the string, searching backward from index
    position \a from. Returns -1 if \a rx didn't match anywhere.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 30
*/
int QString::lastIndexOf(const QRegExp& rx, int from) const
{
    QRegExp rx2(rx);
    return rx2.lastIndexIn(*this, from);
}

/*!
    \overload lastIndexOf()
    \since 4.5

    Returns the index position of the last match of the regular
    expression \a rx in the string, searching backward from index
    position \a from. Returns -1 if \a rx didn't match anywhere.

    If there is a match, the \a rx regular expression will contain the
    matched captures (see QRegExp::matchedLength, QRegExp::cap).

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 30
*/
int QString::lastIndexOf(QRegExp& rx, int from) const
{
    return rx.lastIndexIn(*this, from);
}

/*!
    \overload count()

    Returns the number of times the regular expression \a rx matches
    in the string.

    This function counts overlapping matches, so in the example
    below, there are four instances of "ana" or "ama":

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 18

*/
int QString::count(const QRegExp& rx) const
{
    QRegExp rx2(rx);
    int count = 0;
    int index = -1;
    int len = length();
    while (index < len - 1) {                 // count overlapping matches
        index = rx2.indexIn(*this, index + 1);
        if (index == -1)
            break;
        count++;
    }
    return count;
}
#endif // QT_NO_REGEXP

#if QT_CONFIG(regularexpression)
/*!
    \overload indexOf()
    \since 5.0

    Returns the index position of the first match of the regular
    expression \a re in the string, searching forward from index
    position \a from. Returns -1 if \a re didn't match anywhere.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 93
*/
int QString::indexOf(const QRegularExpression& re, int from) const
{
    return indexOf(re, from, nullptr);
}

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.5

    Returns the index position of the first match of the regular
    expression \a re in the string, searching forward from index
    position \a from. Returns -1 if \a re didn't match anywhere.

    If the match is successful and \a rmatch is not \nullptr, it also
    writes the results of the match into the QRegularExpressionMatch object
    pointed to by \a rmatch.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 99
*/
int QString::indexOf(const QRegularExpression &re, int from, QRegularExpressionMatch *rmatch) const
{
    if (!re.isValid()) {
        qWarning("QString::indexOf: invalid QRegularExpression object");
        return -1;
    }

    QRegularExpressionMatch match = re.match(*this, from);
    if (match.hasMatch()) {
        const int ret = match.capturedStart();
        if (rmatch)
            *rmatch = std::move(match);
        return ret;
    }

    return -1;
}

/*!
    \overload lastIndexOf()
    \since 5.0

    Returns the index position of the last match of the regular
    expression \a re in the string, which starts before the index
    position \a from. Returns -1 if \a re didn't match anywhere.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 94
*/
int QString::lastIndexOf(const QRegularExpression &re, int from) const
{
    return lastIndexOf(re, from, nullptr);
}

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.5

    Returns the index position of the last match of the regular
    expression \a re in the string, which starts before the index
    position \a from. Returns -1 if \a re didn't match anywhere.

    If the match is successful and \a rmatch is not \nullptr, it also
    writes the results of the match into the QRegularExpressionMatch object
    pointed to by \a rmatch.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 100
*/
int QString::lastIndexOf(const QRegularExpression &re, int from, QRegularExpressionMatch *rmatch) const
{
    if (!re.isValid()) {
        qWarning("QString::lastIndexOf: invalid QRegularExpression object");
        return -1;
    }

    int endpos = (from < 0) ? (size() + from + 1) : (from + 1);
    QRegularExpressionMatchIterator iterator = re.globalMatch(*this);
    int lastIndex = -1;
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
        QRegularExpressionMatch match = iterator.next();
        int start = match.capturedStart();
        if (start < endpos) {
            lastIndex = start;
            if (rmatch)
                *rmatch = std::move(match);
        } else {
            break;
        }
    }

    return lastIndex;
}

/*! \overload contains()
    \since 5.0

    Returns \c true if the regular expression \a re matches somewhere in
    this string; otherwise returns \c false.
*/
bool QString::contains(const QRegularExpression &re) const
{
    return contains(re, nullptr);
}

/*!
    \overload contains()
    \since 5.1

    Returns \c true if the regular expression \a re matches somewhere in this
    string; otherwise returns \c false.

    If the match is successful and \a rmatch is not \nullptr, it also
    writes the results of the match into the QRegularExpressionMatch object
    pointed to by \a rmatch.

    \sa QRegularExpression::match()
*/

bool QString::contains(const QRegularExpression &re, QRegularExpressionMatch *rmatch) const
{
    if (!re.isValid()) {
        qWarning("QString::contains: invalid QRegularExpression object");
        return false;
    }
    QRegularExpressionMatch m = re.match(*this);
    bool hasMatch = m.hasMatch();
    if (hasMatch && rmatch)
        *rmatch = std::move(m);
    return hasMatch;
}

/*!
    \overload count()
    \since 5.0

    Returns the number of times the regular expression \a re matches
    in the string.

    For historical reasons, this function counts overlapping matches,
    so in the example below, there are four instances of "ana" or
    "ama":

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 95

    This behavior is different from simply iterating over the matches
    in the string using QRegularExpressionMatchIterator.

    \sa QRegularExpression::globalMatch()
*/
int QString::count(const QRegularExpression &re) const
{
    if (!re.isValid()) {
        qWarning("QString::count: invalid QRegularExpression object");
        return 0;
    }
    int count = 0;
    int index = -1;
    int len = length();
    while (index <= len - 1) {
        QRegularExpressionMatch match = re.match(*this, index + 1);
        if (!match.hasMatch())
            break;
        index = match.capturedStart();
        count++;
    }
    return count;
}
#endif // QT_CONFIG(regularexpression)

/*! \fn int QString::count() const

    \overload count()

    Same as size().
*/


/*!
    \enum QString::SectionFlag

    This enum specifies flags that can be used to affect various
    aspects of the section() function's behavior with respect to
    separators and empty fields.

    \value SectionDefault Empty fields are counted, leading and
    trailing separators are not included, and the separator is
    compared case sensitively.

    \value SectionSkipEmpty Treat empty fields as if they don't exist,
    i.e. they are not considered as far as \e start and \e end are
    concerned.

    \value SectionIncludeLeadingSep Include the leading separator (if
    any) in the result string.

    \value SectionIncludeTrailingSep Include the trailing separator
    (if any) in the result string.

    \value SectionCaseInsensitiveSeps Compare the separator
    case-insensitively.

    \sa section()
*/

/*!
    \fn QString QString::section(QChar sep, int start, int end = -1, SectionFlags flags) const

    This function returns a section of the string.

    This string is treated as a sequence of fields separated by the
    character, \a sep. The returned string consists of the fields from
    position \a start to position \a end inclusive. If \a end is not
    specified, all fields from position \a start to the end of the
    string are included. Fields are numbered 0, 1, 2, etc., counting
    from the left, and -1, -2, etc., counting from right to left.

    The \a flags argument can be used to affect some aspects of the
    function's behavior, e.g. whether to be case sensitive, whether
    to skip empty fields and how to deal with leading and trailing
    separators; see \l{SectionFlags}.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 52

    If \a start or \a end is negative, we count fields from the right
    of the string, the right-most field being -1, the one from
    right-most field being -2, and so on.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 53

    \sa split()
*/

/*!
    \overload section()

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 51
    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 54

    \sa split()
*/

QString QString::section(const QString &sep, int start, int end, SectionFlags flags) const
{
    const QVector<QStringRef> sections = splitRef(sep, Qt::KeepEmptyParts,
                                                  (flags & SectionCaseInsensitiveSeps) ? Qt::CaseInsensitive : Qt::CaseSensitive);
    const int sectionsSize = sections.size();
    if (!(flags & SectionSkipEmpty)) {
        if (start < 0)
            start += sectionsSize;
        if (end < 0)
            end += sectionsSize;
    } else {
        int skip = 0;
        for (int k = 0; k < sectionsSize; ++k) {
            if (sections.at(k).isEmpty())
                skip++;
        }
        if (start < 0)
            start += sectionsSize - skip;
        if (end < 0)
            end += sectionsSize - skip;
    }
    if (start >= sectionsSize || end < 0 || start > end)
        return QString();

    QString ret;
    int first_i = start, last_i = end;
    for (int x = 0, i = 0; x <= end && i < sectionsSize; ++i) {
        const QStringRef &section = sections.at(i);
        const bool empty = section.isEmpty();
        if (x >= start) {
            if(x == start)
                first_i = i;
            if(x == end)
                last_i = i;
            if (x > start && i > 0)
                ret += sep;
            ret += section;
        }
        if (!empty || !(flags & SectionSkipEmpty))
            x++;
    }
    if ((flags & SectionIncludeLeadingSep) && first_i > 0)
        ret.prepend(sep);
    if ((flags & SectionIncludeTrailingSep) && last_i < sectionsSize - 1)
        ret += sep;
    return ret;
}

#if !(defined(QT_NO_REGEXP) && !QT_CONFIG(regularexpression))
class qt_section_chunk {
public:
    qt_section_chunk() {}
    qt_section_chunk(int l, QStringRef s) : length(l), string(std::move(s)) {}
    int length;
    QStringRef string;
};
Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(qt_section_chunk, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);

static QString extractSections(const QVector<qt_section_chunk> &sections,
                               int start,
                               int end,
                               QString::SectionFlags flags)
{
    const int sectionsSize = sections.size();

    if (!(flags & QString::SectionSkipEmpty)) {
        if (start < 0)
            start += sectionsSize;
        if (end < 0)
            end += sectionsSize;
    } else {
        int skip = 0;
        for (int k = 0; k < sectionsSize; ++k) {
            const qt_section_chunk &section = sections.at(k);
            if (section.length == section.string.length())
                skip++;
        }
        if (start < 0)
            start += sectionsSize - skip;
        if (end < 0)
            end += sectionsSize - skip;
    }
    if (start >= sectionsSize || end < 0 || start > end)
        return QString();

    QString ret;
    int x = 0;
    int first_i = start, last_i = end;
    for (int i = 0; x <= end && i < sectionsSize; ++i) {
        const qt_section_chunk &section = sections.at(i);
        const bool empty = (section.length == section.string.length());
        if (x >= start) {
            if (x == start)
                first_i = i;
            if (x == end)
                last_i = i;
            if (x != start)
                ret += section.string;
            else
                ret += section.string.mid(section.length);
        }
        if (!empty || !(flags & QString::SectionSkipEmpty))
            x++;
    }

    if ((flags & QString::SectionIncludeLeadingSep) && first_i >= 0) {
        const qt_section_chunk &section = sections.at(first_i);
        ret.prepend(section.string.left(section.length));
    }

    if ((flags & QString::SectionIncludeTrailingSep)
        && last_i < sectionsSize - 1) {
        const qt_section_chunk &section = sections.at(last_i+1);
        ret += section.string.left(section.length);
    }

    return ret;
}
#endif

#ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP
/*!
    \overload section()

    This string is treated as a sequence of fields separated by the
    regular expression, \a reg.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 55

    \warning Using this QRegExp version is much more expensive than
    the overloaded string and character versions.

    \sa split(), simplified()
*/
QString QString::section(const QRegExp &reg, int start, int end, SectionFlags flags) const
{
    const QChar *uc = unicode();
    if(!uc)
        return QString();

    QRegExp sep(reg);
    sep.setCaseSensitivity((flags & SectionCaseInsensitiveSeps) ? Qt::CaseInsensitive
                                                                : Qt::CaseSensitive);

    QVector<qt_section_chunk> sections;
    int n = length(), m = 0, last_m = 0, last_len = 0;
    while ((m = sep.indexIn(*this, m)) != -1) {
        sections.append(qt_section_chunk(last_len, QStringRef(this, last_m, m - last_m)));
        last_m = m;
        last_len = sep.matchedLength();
        m += qMax(sep.matchedLength(), 1);
    }
    sections.append(qt_section_chunk(last_len, QStringRef(this, last_m, n - last_m)));

    return extractSections(sections, start, end, flags);
}
#endif

#if QT_CONFIG(regularexpression)
/*!
    \overload section()
    \since 5.0

    This string is treated as a sequence of fields separated by the
    regular expression, \a re.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 89

    \warning Using this QRegularExpression version is much more expensive than
    the overloaded string and character versions.

    \sa split(), simplified()
*/
QString QString::section(const QRegularExpression &re, int start, int end, SectionFlags flags) const
{
    if (!re.isValid()) {
        qWarning("QString::section: invalid QRegularExpression object");
        return QString();
    }

    const QChar *uc = unicode();
    if (!uc)
        return QString();

    QRegularExpression sep(re);
    if (flags & SectionCaseInsensitiveSeps)
        sep.setPatternOptions(sep.patternOptions() | QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption);

    QVector<qt_section_chunk> sections;
    int n = length(), m = 0, last_m = 0, last_len = 0;
    QRegularExpressionMatchIterator iterator = sep.globalMatch(*this);
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
        QRegularExpressionMatch match = iterator.next();
        m = match.capturedStart();
        sections.append(qt_section_chunk(last_len, QStringRef(this, last_m, m - last_m)));
        last_m = m;
        last_len = match.capturedLength();
    }
    sections.append(qt_section_chunk(last_len, QStringRef(this, last_m, n - last_m)));

    return extractSections(sections, start, end, flags);
}
#endif // QT_CONFIG(regularexpression)

/*!
    Returns a substring that contains the \a n leftmost characters
    of the string.

    The entire string is returned if \a n is greater than or equal
    to size(), or less than zero.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 31

    \sa right(), mid(), startsWith(), chopped(), chop(), truncate()
*/
QString QString::left(int n)  const
{
    if (uint(n) >= uint(d->size))
        return *this;
    return QString((const QChar*) d->data(), n);
}

/*!
    Returns a substring that contains the \a n rightmost characters
    of the string.

    The entire string is returned if \a n is greater than or equal
    to size(), or less than zero.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 48

    \sa left(), mid(), endsWith(), chopped(), chop(), truncate()
*/
QString QString::right(int n) const
{
    if (uint(n) >= uint(d->size))
        return *this;
    return QString((const QChar*) d->data() + d->size - n, n);
}

/*!
    Returns a string that contains \a n characters of this string,
    starting at the specified \a position index.

    Returns a null string if the \a position index exceeds the
    length of the string. If there are less than \a n characters
    available in the string starting at the given \a position, or if
    \a n is -1 (default), the function returns all characters that
    are available from the specified \a position.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 34

    \sa left(), right(), chopped(), chop(), truncate()
*/

QString QString::mid(int position, int n) const
{
    using namespace QtPrivate;
    switch (QContainerImplHelper::mid(d->size, &position, &n)) {
    case QContainerImplHelper::Null:
        return QString();
    case QContainerImplHelper::Empty:
    {
        QStringDataPtr empty = { Data::allocate(0) };
        return QString(empty);
    }
    case QContainerImplHelper::Full:
        return *this;
    case QContainerImplHelper::Subset:
        return QString((const QChar*)d->data() + position, n);
    }
    Q_UNREACHABLE();
    return QString();
}

/*!
    \fn QString QString::chopped(int len) const
    \since 5.10

    Returns a substring that contains the size() - \a len leftmost characters
    of this string.

    \note The behavior is undefined if \a len is negative or greater than size().

    \sa endsWith(), left(), right(), mid(), chop(), truncate()
*/

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*!
    Returns \c true if the string starts with \a s; otherwise returns
    \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 65

    \sa endsWith()
*/
bool QString::startsWith(const QString& s, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_starts_with(*this, s, cs);
}
#endif

/*!
  \overload startsWith()
 */
bool QString::startsWith(QLatin1String s, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_starts_with(*this, s, cs);
}

/*!
  \overload startsWith()

  Returns \c true if the string starts with \a c; otherwise returns
  \c false.
*/
bool QString::startsWith(QChar c, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_starts_with(*this, c, cs);
}

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload
    Returns \c true if the string starts with the string reference \a s;
    otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa endsWith()
*/
bool QString::startsWith(const QStringRef &s, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_starts_with(*this, s, cs);
}
#endif

/*!
    \fn bool QString::startsWith(QStringView str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.10
    \overload

    Returns \c true if the string starts with the string-view \a str;
    otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case-sensitive;
    otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa endsWith()
*/

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*!
    Returns \c true if the string ends with \a s; otherwise returns
    \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 20

    \sa startsWith()
*/
bool QString::endsWith(const QString &s, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_ends_with(*this, s, cs);
}

/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload endsWith()
    Returns \c true if the string ends with the string reference \a s;
    otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa startsWith()
*/
bool QString::endsWith(const QStringRef &s, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_ends_with(*this, s, cs);
}
#endif // QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2

/*!
    \fn bool QString::endsWith(QStringView str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.10
    \overload endsWith()
    Returns \c true if the string ends with the string view \a str;
    otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa startsWith()
*/

/*!
    \overload endsWith()
*/
bool QString::endsWith(QLatin1String s, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_ends_with(*this, s, cs);
}

/*!
  Returns \c true if the string ends with \a c; otherwise returns
  \c false.

  \overload endsWith()
 */
bool QString::endsWith(QChar c, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_ends_with(*this, c, cs);
}

/*!
    Returns \c true if the string is uppercase, that is, it's identical
    to its toUpper() folding.

    Note that this does \e not mean that the string does not contain
    lowercase letters (some lowercase letters do not have a uppercase
    folding; they are left unchanged by toUpper()).
    For more information, refer to the Unicode standard, section 3.13.

    \since 5.12

    \sa QChar::toUpper(), isLower()
*/
bool QString::isUpper() const
{
    QStringIterator it(*this);

    while (it.hasNext()) {
        uint uc = it.nextUnchecked();
        if (qGetProp(uc)->cases[QUnicodeTables::UpperCase].diff)
            return false;
    }

    return true;
}

/*!
    Returns \c true if the string is lowercase, that is, it's identical
    to its toLower() folding.

    Note that this does \e not mean that the string does not contain
    uppercase letters (some uppercase letters do not have a lowercase
    folding; they are left unchanged by toLower()).
    For more information, refer to the Unicode standard, section 3.13.

    \since 5.12

    \sa QChar::toLower(), isUpper()
 */
bool QString::isLower() const
{
    QStringIterator it(*this);

    while (it.hasNext()) {
        uint uc = it.nextUnchecked();
        if (qGetProp(uc)->cases[QUnicodeTables::LowerCase].diff)
            return false;
    }

    return true;
}

static QByteArray qt_convert_to_latin1(QStringView string);

QByteArray QString::toLatin1_helper(const QString &string)
{
    return qt_convert_to_latin1(string);
}

/*!
    \since 5.10
    \internal
    \relates QStringView

    Returns a Latin-1 representation of \a string as a QByteArray.

    The behavior is undefined if \a string contains non-Latin1 characters.

    \sa QString::toLatin1(), QStringView::toLatin1(), QtPrivate::convertToUtf8(),
    QtPrivate::convertToLocal8Bit(), QtPrivate::convertToUcs4()
*/
QByteArray QtPrivate::convertToLatin1(QStringView string)
{
    return qt_convert_to_latin1(string);
}

static QByteArray qt_convert_to_latin1(QStringView string)
{
    if (Q_UNLIKELY(string.isNull()))
        return QByteArray();

    QByteArray ba(string.length(), Qt::Uninitialized);

    // since we own the only copy, we're going to const_cast the constData;
    // that avoids an unnecessary call to detach() and expansion code that will never get used
    qt_to_latin1(reinterpret_cast<uchar *>(const_cast<char *>(ba.constData())),
                 reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(string.data()), string.length());
    return ba;
}

QByteArray QString::toLatin1_helper_inplace(QString &s)
{
    if (!s.isDetached())
        return qt_convert_to_latin1(s);

    // We can return our own buffer to the caller.
    // Conversion to Latin-1 always shrinks the buffer by half.
    const ushort *data = reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(s.constData());
    uint length = s.size();

    // Swap the d pointers.
    // Kids, avert your eyes. Don't try this at home.
    QArrayData *ba_d = s.d;

    // multiply the allocated capacity by sizeof(ushort)
    ba_d->alloc *= sizeof(ushort);

    // reset ourselves to QString()
    s.d = QString().d;

    // do the in-place conversion
    uchar *dst = reinterpret_cast<uchar *>(ba_d->data());
    qt_to_latin1(dst, data, length);
    dst[length] = '\0';

    QByteArrayDataPtr badptr = { ba_d };
    return QByteArray(badptr);
}


/*!
    \fn QByteArray QString::toLatin1() const

    Returns a Latin-1 representation of the string as a QByteArray.

    The returned byte array is undefined if the string contains non-Latin1
    characters. Those characters may be suppressed or replaced with a
    question mark.

    \sa fromLatin1(), toUtf8(), toLocal8Bit(), QTextCodec
*/

/*!
    \fn QByteArray QString::toAscii() const
    \deprecated
    Returns an 8-bit representation of the string as a QByteArray.

    This function does the same as toLatin1().

    Note that, despite the name, this function does not necessarily return an US-ASCII
    (ANSI X3.4-1986) string and its result may not be US-ASCII compatible.

    \sa fromAscii(), toLatin1(), toUtf8(), toLocal8Bit(), QTextCodec
*/

static QByteArray qt_convert_to_local_8bit(QStringView string);

/*!
    \fn QByteArray QString::toLocal8Bit() const

    Returns the local 8-bit representation of the string as a
    QByteArray. The returned byte array is undefined if the string
    contains characters not supported by the local 8-bit encoding.

    QTextCodec::codecForLocale() is used to perform the conversion from
    Unicode. If the locale encoding could not be determined, this function
    does the same as toLatin1().

    If this string contains any characters that cannot be encoded in the
    locale, the returned byte array is undefined. Those characters may be
    suppressed or replaced by another.

    \sa fromLocal8Bit(), toLatin1(), toUtf8(), QTextCodec
*/

QByteArray QString::toLocal8Bit_helper(const QChar *data, int size)
{
    return qt_convert_to_local_8bit(QStringView(data, size));
}

static QByteArray qt_convert_to_local_8bit(QStringView string)
{
    if (string.isNull())
        return QByteArray();
#if QT_CONFIG(textcodec)
    QTextCodec *localeCodec = QTextCodec::codecForLocale();
    if (localeCodec)
        return localeCodec->fromUnicode(string);
#endif // textcodec
    return qt_convert_to_latin1(string);
}

/*!
    \since 5.10
    \internal
    \relates QStringView

    Returns a local 8-bit representation of \a string as a QByteArray.

    QTextCodec::codecForLocale() is used to perform the conversion from
    Unicode.

    The behavior is undefined if \a string contains characters not
    supported by the locale's 8-bit encoding.

    \sa QString::toLocal8Bit(), QStringView::toLocal8Bit()
*/
QByteArray QtPrivate::convertToLocal8Bit(QStringView string)
{
    return qt_convert_to_local_8bit(string);
}

static QByteArray qt_convert_to_utf8(QStringView str);

/*!
    \fn QByteArray QString::toUtf8() const

    Returns a UTF-8 representation of the string as a QByteArray.

    UTF-8 is a Unicode codec and can represent all characters in a Unicode
    string like QString.

    \sa fromUtf8(), toLatin1(), toLocal8Bit(), QTextCodec
*/

QByteArray QString::toUtf8_helper(const QString &str)
{
    return qt_convert_to_utf8(str);
}

static QByteArray qt_convert_to_utf8(QStringView str)
{
    if (str.isNull())
        return QByteArray();

    return QUtf8::convertFromUnicode(str.data(), str.length());
}

/*!
    \since 5.10
    \internal
    \relates QStringView

    Returns a UTF-8 representation of \a string as a QByteArray.

    UTF-8 is a Unicode codec and can represent all characters in a Unicode
    string like QStringView.

    \sa QString::toUtf8(), QStringView::toUtf8()
*/
QByteArray QtPrivate::convertToUtf8(QStringView string)
{
    return qt_convert_to_utf8(string);
}

static QVector<uint> qt_convert_to_ucs4(QStringView string);

/*!
    \since 4.2

    Returns a UCS-4/UTF-32 representation of the string as a QVector<uint>.

    UCS-4 is a Unicode codec and therefore it is lossless. All characters from
    this string will be encoded in UCS-4. Any invalid sequence of code units in
    this string is replaced by the Unicode's replacement character
    (QChar::ReplacementCharacter, which corresponds to \c{U+FFFD}).

    The returned vector is not \\0'-terminated.

    \sa fromUtf8(), toUtf8(), toLatin1(), toLocal8Bit(), QTextCodec, fromUcs4(), toWCharArray()
*/
QVector<uint> QString::toUcs4() const
{
    return qt_convert_to_ucs4(*this);
}

static QVector<uint> qt_convert_to_ucs4(QStringView string)
{
    QVector<uint> v(string.length());
    uint *a = const_cast<uint*>(v.constData());
    QStringIterator it(string);
    while (it.hasNext())
        *a++ = it.next();
    v.resize(a - v.constData());
    return v;
}

/*!
    \since 5.10
    \internal
    \relates QStringView

    Returns a UCS-4/UTF-32 representation of \a string as a QVector<uint>.

    UCS-4 is a Unicode codec and therefore it is lossless. All characters from
    this string will be encoded in UCS-4. Any invalid sequence of code units in
    this string is replaced by the Unicode's replacement character
    (QChar::ReplacementCharacter, which corresponds to \c{U+FFFD}).

    The returned vector is not \\0'-terminated.

    \sa QString::toUcs4(), QStringView::toUcs4(), QtPrivate::convertToLatin1(),
    QtPrivate::convertToLocal8Bit(), QtPrivate::convertToUtf8()
*/
QVector<uint> QtPrivate::convertToUcs4(QStringView string)
{
    return qt_convert_to_ucs4(string);
}

QString::Data *QString::fromLatin1_helper(const char *str, int size)
{
    Data *d;
    if (!str) {
        d = Data::sharedNull();
    } else if (size == 0 || (!*str && size < 0)) {
        d = Data::allocate(0);
    } else {
        if (size < 0)
            size = qstrlen(str);
        d = Data::allocate(size + 1);
        Q_CHECK_PTR(d);
        d->size = size;
        d->data()[size] = '\0';
        ushort *dst = d->data();

        qt_from_latin1(dst, str, uint(size));
    }
    return d;
}

QString::Data *QString::fromAscii_helper(const char *str, int size)
{
    QString s = fromUtf8(str, size);
    s.d->ref.ref();
    return s.d;
}

/*! \fn QString QString::fromLatin1(const char *str, int size)
    Returns a QString initialized with the first \a size characters
    of the Latin-1 string \a str.

    If \a size is -1 (default), it is taken to be strlen(\a
    str).

    \sa toLatin1(), fromUtf8(), fromLocal8Bit()
*/

/*!
    \fn QString QString::fromLatin1(const QByteArray &str)
    \overload
    \since 5.0

    Returns a QString initialized with the Latin-1 string \a str.
*/

/*! \fn QString QString::fromLocal8Bit(const char *str, int size)
    Returns a QString initialized with the first \a size characters
    of the 8-bit string \a str.

    If \a size is -1 (default), it is taken to be strlen(\a
    str).

    QTextCodec::codecForLocale() is used to perform the conversion.

    \sa toLocal8Bit(), fromLatin1(), fromUtf8()
*/

/*!
    \fn QString QString::fromLocal8Bit(const QByteArray &str)
    \overload
    \since 5.0

    Returns a QString initialized with the 8-bit string \a str.
*/
QString QString::fromLocal8Bit_helper(const char *str, int size)
{
    if (!str)
        return QString();
    if (size == 0 || (!*str && size < 0)) {
        QStringDataPtr empty = { Data::allocate(0) };
        return QString(empty);
    }
#if QT_CONFIG(textcodec)
    if (size < 0)
        size = qstrlen(str);
    QTextCodec *codec = QTextCodec::codecForLocale();
    if (codec)
        return codec->toUnicode(str, size);
#endif // textcodec
    return fromLatin1(str, size);
}

/*! \fn QString QString::fromAscii(const char *, int size);
    \deprecated

    Returns a QString initialized with the first \a size characters
    from the string \a str.

    If \a size is -1 (default), it is taken to be strlen(\a
    str).

    This function does the same as fromLatin1().

    \sa toAscii(), fromLatin1(), fromUtf8(), fromLocal8Bit()
*/

/*!
    \fn QString QString::fromAscii(const QByteArray &str)
    \deprecated
    \overload
    \since 5.0

    Returns a QString initialized with the string \a str.
*/

/*! \fn QString QString::fromUtf8(const char *str, int size)
    Returns a QString initialized with the first \a size bytes
    of the UTF-8 string \a str.

    If \a size is -1 (default), it is taken to be strlen(\a
    str).

    UTF-8 is a Unicode codec and can represent all characters in a Unicode
    string like QString. However, invalid sequences are possible with UTF-8
    and, if any such are found, they will be replaced with one or more
    "replacement characters", or suppressed. These include non-Unicode
    sequences, non-characters, overlong sequences or surrogate codepoints
    encoded into UTF-8.

    This function can be used to process incoming data incrementally as long as
    all UTF-8 characters are terminated within the incoming data. Any
    unterminated characters at the end of the string will be replaced or
    suppressed. In order to do stateful decoding, please use \l QTextDecoder.

    \sa toUtf8(), fromLatin1(), fromLocal8Bit()
*/

/*!
    \fn QString QString::fromUtf8(const QByteArray &str)
    \overload
    \since 5.0

    Returns a QString initialized with the UTF-8 string \a str.
*/
QString QString::fromUtf8_helper(const char *str, int size)
{
    if (!str)
        return QString();

    Q_ASSERT(size != -1);
    return QUtf8::convertToUnicode(str, size);
}

/*!
    Returns a QString initialized with the first \a size characters
    of the Unicode string \a unicode (ISO-10646-UTF-16 encoded).

    If \a size is -1 (default), \a unicode must be \\0'-terminated.

    This function checks for a Byte Order Mark (BOM). If it is missing,
    host byte order is assumed.

    This function is slow compared to the other Unicode conversions.
    Use QString(const QChar *, int) or QString(const QChar *) if possible.

    QString makes a deep copy of the Unicode data.

    \sa utf16(), setUtf16(), fromStdU16String()
*/
QString QString::fromUtf16(const ushort *unicode, int size)
{
    if (!unicode)
        return QString();
    if (size < 0) {
        size = 0;
        while (unicode[size] != 0)
            ++size;
    }
    return QUtf16::convertToUnicode((const char *)unicode, size*2, nullptr);
}

/*!
   \fn QString QString::fromUtf16(const char16_t *str, int size)
   \since 5.3

    Returns a QString initialized with the first \a size characters
    of the Unicode string \a str (ISO-10646-UTF-16 encoded).

    If \a size is -1 (default), \a str must be \\0'-terminated.

    This function checks for a Byte Order Mark (BOM). If it is missing,
    host byte order is assumed.

    This function is slow compared to the other Unicode conversions.
    Use QString(const QChar *, int) or QString(const QChar *) if possible.

    QString makes a deep copy of the Unicode data.

    \sa utf16(), setUtf16(), fromStdU16String()
*/

/*!
    \fn QString QString::fromUcs4(const char32_t *str, int size)
    \since 5.3

    Returns a QString initialized with the first \a size characters
    of the Unicode string \a str (ISO-10646-UCS-4 encoded).

    If \a size is -1 (default), \a str must be \\0'-terminated.

    \sa toUcs4(), fromUtf16(), utf16(), setUtf16(), fromWCharArray(), fromStdU32String()
*/

/*!
    \since 4.2

    Returns a QString initialized with the first \a size characters
    of the Unicode string \a unicode (ISO-10646-UCS-4 encoded).

    If \a size is -1 (default), \a unicode must be \\0'-terminated.

    \sa toUcs4(), fromUtf16(), utf16(), setUtf16(), fromWCharArray(), fromStdU32String()
*/
QString QString::fromUcs4(const uint *unicode, int size)
{
    if (!unicode)
        return QString();
    if (size < 0) {
        size = 0;
        while (unicode[size] != 0)
            ++size;
    }
    return QUtf32::convertToUnicode((const char *)unicode, size*4, nullptr);
}


/*!
    Resizes the string to \a size characters and copies \a unicode
    into the string.

    If \a unicode is 0, nothing is copied, but the string is still
    resized to \a size.

    \sa unicode(), setUtf16()
*/
QString& QString::setUnicode(const QChar *unicode, int size)
{
     resize(size);
     if (unicode && size)
         memcpy(d->data(), unicode, size * sizeof(QChar));
     return *this;
}

/*!
    \fn QString &QString::setUtf16(const ushort *unicode, int size)

    Resizes the string to \a size characters and copies \a unicode
    into the string.

    If \a unicode is 0, nothing is copied, but the string is still
    resized to \a size.

    Note that unlike fromUtf16(), this function does not consider BOMs and
    possibly differing byte ordering.

    \sa utf16(), setUnicode()
*/

/*!
    \fn QString QString::simplified() const

    Returns a string that has whitespace removed from the start
    and the end, and that has each sequence of internal whitespace
    replaced with a single space.

    Whitespace means any character for which QChar::isSpace() returns
    \c true. This includes the ASCII characters '\\t', '\\n', '\\v',
    '\\f', '\\r', and ' '.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 57

    \sa trimmed()
*/
QString QString::simplified_helper(const QString &str)
{
    return QStringAlgorithms<const QString>::simplified_helper(str);
}

QString QString::simplified_helper(QString &str)
{
    return QStringAlgorithms<QString>::simplified_helper(str);
}

namespace {
    template <typename StringView>
    StringView qt_trimmed(StringView s) noexcept
    {
        auto begin = s.begin();
        auto end = s.end();
        QStringAlgorithms<const StringView>::trimmed_helper_positions(begin, end);
        return StringView{begin, end};
    }
}

/*!
    \fn QStringView QtPrivate::trimmed(QStringView s)
    \fn QLatin1String QtPrivate::trimmed(QLatin1String s)
    \internal
    \relates QStringView
    \since 5.10

    Returns \a s with whitespace removed from the start and the end.

    Whitespace means any character for which QChar::isSpace() returns
    \c true. This includes the ASCII characters '\\t', '\\n', '\\v',
    '\\f', '\\r', and ' '.

    \sa QString::trimmed(), QStringView::trimmed(), QLatin1String::trimmed()
*/
QStringView QtPrivate::trimmed(QStringView s) noexcept
{
    return qt_trimmed(s);
}

QLatin1String QtPrivate::trimmed(QLatin1String s) noexcept
{
    return qt_trimmed(s);
}

/*!
    \fn QString QString::trimmed() const

    Returns a string that has whitespace removed from the start and
    the end.

    Whitespace means any character for which QChar::isSpace() returns
    \c true. This includes the ASCII characters '\\t', '\\n', '\\v',
    '\\f', '\\r', and ' '.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 82

    Unlike simplified(), trimmed() leaves internal whitespace alone.

    \sa simplified()
*/
QString QString::trimmed_helper(const QString &str)
{
    return QStringAlgorithms<const QString>::trimmed_helper(str);
}

QString QString::trimmed_helper(QString &str)
{
    return QStringAlgorithms<QString>::trimmed_helper(str);
}

/*! \fn const QChar QString::at(int position) const

    Returns the character at the given index \a position in the
    string.

    The \a position must be a valid index position in the string
    (i.e., 0 <= \a position < size()).

    \sa operator[]()
*/

/*!
    \fn QCharRef QString::operator[](int position)

    Returns the character at the specified \a position in the string as a
    modifiable reference.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 85

    The return value is of type QCharRef, a helper class for QString.
    When you get an object of type QCharRef, you can use it as if it
    were a reference to a QChar. If you assign to it, the assignment will apply to
    the character in the QString from which you got the reference.

    \note Before Qt 5.14 it was possible to use this operator to access
    a character at an out-of-bounds position in the string, and
    then assign to such a position, causing the string to be
    automatically resized. Furthermore, assigning a value to the
    returned QCharRef would cause a detach of the string, even if the
    string has been copied in the meanwhile (and the QCharRef kept
    alive while the copy was taken). These behaviors are deprecated,
    and will be changed in a future version of Qt.

    \sa at()
*/

/*!
    \fn const QChar QString::operator[](int position) const

    \overload operator[]()
*/

/*! \fn QCharRef QString::operator[](uint position)

\overload operator[]()

Returns the character at the specified \a position in the string as a
modifiable reference.
*/

/*! \fn const QChar QString::operator[](uint position) const
    Equivalent to \c at(position).
\overload operator[]()
*/

/*!
    \fn QChar QString::front() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns the first character in the string.
    Same as \c{at(0)}.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \warning Calling this function on an empty string constitutes
    undefined behavior.

    \sa back(), at(), operator[]()
*/

/*!
    \fn QChar QString::back() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns the last character in the string.
    Same as \c{at(size() - 1)}.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \warning Calling this function on an empty string constitutes
    undefined behavior.

    \sa front(), at(), operator[]()
*/

/*!
    \fn QCharRef QString::front()
    \since 5.10

    Returns a reference to the first character in the string.
    Same as \c{operator[](0)}.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \warning Calling this function on an empty string constitutes
    undefined behavior.

    \sa back(), at(), operator[]()
*/

/*!
    \fn QCharRef QString::back()
    \since 5.10

    Returns a reference to the last character in the string.
    Same as \c{operator[](size() - 1)}.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \warning Calling this function on an empty string constitutes
    undefined behavior.

    \sa front(), at(), operator[]()
*/

/*!
    \fn void QString::truncate(int position)

    Truncates the string at the given \a position index.

    If the specified \a position index is beyond the end of the
    string, nothing happens.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 83

    If \a position is negative, it is equivalent to passing zero.

    \sa chop(), resize(), left(), QStringRef::truncate()
*/

void QString::truncate(int pos)
{
    if (pos < d->size)
        resize(pos);
}


/*!
    Removes \a n characters from the end of the string.

    If \a n is greater than or equal to size(), the result is an
    empty string; if \a n is negative, it is equivalent to passing zero.

    Example:
    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 15

    If you want to remove characters from the \e beginning of the
    string, use remove() instead.

    \sa truncate(), resize(), remove(), QStringRef::chop()
*/
void QString::chop(int n)
{
    if (n > 0)
        resize(d->size - n);
}

/*!
    Sets every character in the string to character \a ch. If \a size
    is different from -1 (default), the string is resized to \a
    size beforehand.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 21

    \sa resize()
*/

QString& QString::fill(QChar ch, int size)
{
    resize(size < 0 ? d->size : size);
    if (d->size) {
        QChar *i = (QChar*)d->data() + d->size;
        QChar *b = (QChar*)d->data();
        while (i != b)
           *--i = ch;
    }
    return *this;
}

/*!
    \fn int QString::length() const

    Returns the number of characters in this string.  Equivalent to
    size().

    \sa resize()
*/

/*!
    \fn int QString::size() const

    Returns the number of characters in this string.

    The last character in the string is at position size() - 1.

    Example:
    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 58

    \sa isEmpty(), resize()
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::isNull() const

    Returns \c true if this string is null; otherwise returns \c false.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 28

    Qt makes a distinction between null strings and empty strings for
    historical reasons. For most applications, what matters is
    whether or not a string contains any data, and this can be
    determined using the isEmpty() function.

    \sa isEmpty()
*/

/*! \fn bool QString::isEmpty() const

    Returns \c true if the string has no characters; otherwise returns
    \c false.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 27

    \sa size()
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator+=(const QString &other)

    Appends the string \a other onto the end of this string and
    returns a reference to this string.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 84

    This operation is typically very fast (\l{constant time}),
    because QString preallocates extra space at the end of the string
    data so it can grow without reallocating the entire string each
    time.

    \sa append(), prepend()
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator+=(QLatin1String str)

    \overload operator+=()

    Appends the Latin-1 string \a str to this string.
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator+=(const QByteArray &ba)

    \overload operator+=()

    Appends the byte array \a ba to this string. The byte array is converted
    to Unicode using the fromUtf8() function. If any NUL characters ('\\0')
    are embedded in the \a ba byte array, they will be included in the
    transformation.

    You can disable this function by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator+=(const char *str)

    \overload operator+=()

    Appends the string \a str to this string. The const char pointer
    is converted to Unicode using the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this function by defining \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
    when you compile your applications. This can be useful if you want
    to ensure that all user-visible strings go through QObject::tr(),
    for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator+=(const QStringRef &str)

    \overload operator+=()

    Appends the string section referenced by \a str to this string.
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator+=(QStringView str)
    \since 5.15.2
    \overload operator+=()

    Appends the string section referenced by \a str to this string.

    \note This method has been added in 5.15.2 to simplify writing code that is portable
    between Qt 5.15 and Qt 6.
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator+=(char ch)

    \overload operator+=()

    Appends the character \a ch to this string. Note that the character is
    converted to Unicode using the fromLatin1() function, unlike other 8-bit
    functions that operate on UTF-8 data.

    You can disable this function by defining \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
    when you compile your applications. This can be useful if you want
    to ensure that all user-visible strings go through QObject::tr(),
    for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator+=(QChar ch)

    \overload operator+=()

    Appends the character \a ch to the string.
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::operator+=(QChar::SpecialCharacter c)

    \overload operator+=()

    \internal
*/

/*!
    \fn bool operator==(const char *s1, const QString &s2)

    \overload  operator==()
    \relates QString

    Returns \c true if \a s1 is equal to \a s2; otherwise returns \c false.
    Note that no string is equal to \a s1 being 0.

    Equivalent to \c {s1 != 0 && compare(s1, s2) == 0}.
*/

/*!
    \fn bool operator!=(const char *s1, const QString &s2)
    \relates QString

    Returns \c true if \a s1 is not equal to \a s2; otherwise returns
    \c false.

    For \a s1 != 0, this is equivalent to \c {compare(} \a s1, \a s2
    \c {) != 0}. Note that no string is equal to \a s1 being 0.
*/

/*!
    \fn bool operator<(const char *s1, const QString &s2)
    \relates QString

    Returns \c true if \a s1 is lexically less than \a s2; otherwise
    returns \c false.  For \a s1 != 0, this is equivalent to \c
    {compare(s1, s2) < 0}.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn bool operator<=(const char *s1, const QString &s2)
    \relates QString

    Returns \c true if \a s1 is lexically less than or equal to \a s2;
    otherwise returns \c false.  For \a s1 != 0, this is equivalent to \c
    {compare(s1, s2) <= 0}.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn bool operator>(const char *s1, const QString &s2)
    \relates QString

    Returns \c true if \a s1 is lexically greater than \a s2; otherwise
    returns \c false.  Equivalent to \c {compare(s1, s2) > 0}.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn bool operator>=(const char *s1, const QString &s2)
    \relates QString

    Returns \c true if \a s1 is lexically greater than or equal to \a s2;
    otherwise returns \c false.  For \a s1 != 0, this is equivalent to \c
    {compare(s1, s2) >= 0}.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn const QString operator+(const QString &s1, const QString &s2)
    \relates QString

    Returns a string which is the result of concatenating \a s1 and \a
    s2.
*/

/*!
    \fn const QString operator+(const QString &s1, const char *s2)
    \relates QString

    Returns a string which is the result of concatenating \a s1 and \a
    s2 (\a s2 is converted to Unicode using the QString::fromUtf8()
    function).

    \sa QString::fromUtf8()
*/

/*!
    \fn const QString operator+(const char *s1, const QString &s2)
    \relates QString

    Returns a string which is the result of concatenating \a s1 and \a
    s2 (\a s1 is converted to Unicode using the QString::fromUtf8()
    function).

    \sa QString::fromUtf8()
*/

/*!
    \fn const QString operator+(const QString &s, char ch)
    \relates QString

    Returns a string which is the result of concatenating the string
    \a s and the character \a ch.
*/

/*!
    \fn const QString operator+(char ch, const QString &s)
    \relates QString

    Returns a string which is the result of concatenating the
    character \a ch and the string \a s.
*/

/*!
    \fn int QString::compare(const QString &s1, const QString &s2, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
    \since 4.2

    Compares \a s1 with \a s2 and returns an integer less than, equal
    to, or greater than zero if \a s1 is less than, equal to, or
    greater than \a s2.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive, the comparison is case sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case insensitive.

    Case sensitive comparison is based exclusively on the numeric
    Unicode values of the characters and is very fast, but is not what
    a human would expect.  Consider sorting user-visible strings with
    localeAwareCompare().

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 16

    \sa operator==(), operator<(), operator>(), {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn int QString::compare(const QString &s1, QLatin1String s2, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
    \since 4.2
    \overload compare()

    Performs a comparison of \a s1 and \a s2, using the case
    sensitivity setting \a cs.
*/

/*!
    \fn int QString::compare(QLatin1String s1, const QString &s2, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive)

    \since 4.2
    \overload compare()

    Performs a comparison of \a s1 and \a s2, using the case
    sensitivity setting \a cs.
*/

/*!
    \fn int QString::compare(QStringView s, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const

    \since 5.12
    \overload compare()

    Performs a comparison of this with \a s, using the case
    sensitivity setting \a cs.
*/

/*!
    \fn int QString::compare(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const

    \since 5.14
    \overload compare()

    Performs a comparison of this with \a ch, using the case
    sensitivity setting \a cs.
*/

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*!
    \overload compare()
    \since 4.2

    Lexically compares this string with the \a other string and
    returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if
    this string is less than, equal to, or greater than the other
    string.

    Same as compare(*this, \a other, \a cs).
*/
int QString::compare(const QString &other, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const noexcept
{
    return qt_compare_strings(*this, other, cs);
}
#endif

/*!
    \internal
    \since 4.5
*/
int QString::compare_helper(const QChar *data1, int length1, const QChar *data2, int length2,
                            Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    Q_ASSERT(length1 >= 0);
    Q_ASSERT(length2 >= 0);
    Q_ASSERT(data1 || length1 == 0);
    Q_ASSERT(data2 || length2 == 0);
    return qt_compare_strings(QStringView(data1, length1), QStringView(data2, length2), cs);
}

/*!
    \overload compare()
    \since 4.2

    Same as compare(*this, \a other, \a cs).
*/
int QString::compare(QLatin1String other, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const noexcept
{
    return qt_compare_strings(*this, other, cs);
}

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*!
  \fn int QString::compare(const QStringRef &ref, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
  \overload compare()

  Compares the string reference, \a ref, with the string and returns
  an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if the string
  is less than, equal to, or greater than \a ref.
*/
#endif

/*!
    \internal
    \since 5.0
*/
int QString::compare_helper(const QChar *data1, int length1, const char *data2, int length2,
                            Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    Q_ASSERT(length1 >= 0);
    Q_ASSERT(data1 || length1 == 0);
    if (!data2)
        return length1;
    if (Q_UNLIKELY(length2 < 0))
        length2 = int(strlen(data2));
    // ### make me nothrow in all cases
    QVarLengthArray<ushort> s2(length2);
    const auto beg = reinterpret_cast<QChar *>(s2.data());
    const auto end = QUtf8::convertToUnicode(beg, data2, length2);
    return qt_compare_strings(QStringView(data1, length1), QStringView(beg, end - beg), cs);
}

/*!
  \fn int QString::compare(const QString &s1, const QStringRef &s2, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive)
  \overload compare()
*/

/*!
    \internal
    \since 4.5
*/
int QString::compare_helper(const QChar *data1, int length1, QLatin1String s2,
                            Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    Q_ASSERT(length1 >= 0);
    Q_ASSERT(data1 || length1 == 0);
    return qt_compare_strings(QStringView(data1, length1), s2, cs);
}

/*!
    \fn int QString::localeAwareCompare(const QString & s1, const QString & s2)

    Compares \a s1 with \a s2 and returns an integer less than, equal
    to, or greater than zero if \a s1 is less than, equal to, or
    greater than \a s2.

    The comparison is performed in a locale- and also
    platform-dependent manner. Use this function to present sorted
    lists of strings to the user.

    \sa compare(), QLocale, {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn int QString::localeAwareCompare(const QStringRef &other) const
    \since 4.5
    \overload localeAwareCompare()

    Compares this string with the \a other string and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if this string
    is less than, equal to, or greater than the \a other string.

    The comparison is performed in a locale- and also
    platform-dependent manner. Use this function to present sorted
    lists of strings to the user.

    Same as \c {localeAwareCompare(*this, other)}.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn int QString::localeAwareCompare(QStringView other) const
    \since 5.15.2
    \overload localeAwareCompare()

    Compares this string with the \a other string and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if this string
    is less than, equal to, or greater than the \a other string.

    The comparison is performed in a locale- and also
    platform-dependent manner. Use this function to present sorted
    lists of strings to the user.

    Same as \c {localeAwareCompare(*this, other)}.

    \note This method has been added in 5.15.2 to simplify writing code that is portable
    between Qt 5.15 and Qt 6.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn int QString::localeAwareCompare(const QString &s1, const QStringRef &s2)
    \since 4.5
    \overload localeAwareCompare()

    Compares \a s1 with \a s2 and returns an integer less than, equal
    to, or greater than zero if \a s1 is less than, equal to, or
    greater than \a s2.

    The comparison is performed in a locale- and also
    platform-dependent manner. Use this function to present sorted
    lists of strings to the user.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn int QString::localeAwareCompare(QStringView s1, QStringView s2)
    \since 5.15.2
    \overload localeAwareCompare()

    Compares \a s1 with \a s2 and returns an integer less than, equal
    to, or greater than zero if \a s1 is less than, equal to, or
    greater than \a s2.

    The comparison is performed in a locale- and also
    platform-dependent manner. Use this function to present sorted
    lists of strings to the user.

    \note This method has been added in 5.15.2 to simplify writing code that is portable
    between Qt 5.15 and Qt 6.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

#if !defined(CSTR_LESS_THAN)
#define CSTR_LESS_THAN    1
#define CSTR_EQUAL        2
#define CSTR_GREATER_THAN 3
#endif

/*!
    \overload localeAwareCompare()

    Compares this string with the \a other string and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if this string
    is less than, equal to, or greater than the \a other string.

    The comparison is performed in a locale- and also
    platform-dependent manner. Use this function to present sorted
    lists of strings to the user.

    Same as \c {localeAwareCompare(*this, other)}.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/
int QString::localeAwareCompare(const QString &other) const
{
    return localeAwareCompare_helper(constData(), length(), other.constData(), other.length());
}

#if QT_CONFIG(icu)
Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(QThreadStorage<QCollator>, defaultCollator)
#endif

/*!
    \internal
    \since 4.5
*/
int QString::localeAwareCompare_helper(const QChar *data1, int length1,
                                       const QChar *data2, int length2)
{
    Q_ASSERT(length1 >= 0);
    Q_ASSERT(data1 || length1 == 0);
    Q_ASSERT(length2 >= 0);
    Q_ASSERT(data2 || length2 == 0);

    // do the right thing for null and empty
    if (length1 == 0 || length2 == 0)
        return qt_compare_strings(QStringView(data1, length1), QStringView(data2, length2),
                               Qt::CaseSensitive);

#if QT_CONFIG(icu)
    if (!defaultCollator()->hasLocalData())
        defaultCollator()->setLocalData(QCollator());
    return defaultCollator()->localData().compare(data1, length1, data2, length2);
#else
    const QString lhs = QString::fromRawData(data1, length1).normalized(QString::NormalizationForm_C);
    const QString rhs = QString::fromRawData(data2, length2).normalized(QString::NormalizationForm_C);
#  if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
    int res = CompareStringEx(LOCALE_NAME_USER_DEFAULT, 0, (LPWSTR)lhs.constData(), lhs.length(), (LPWSTR)rhs.constData(), rhs.length(), NULL, NULL, 0);

    switch (res) {
    case CSTR_LESS_THAN:
        return -1;
    case CSTR_GREATER_THAN:
        return 1;
    default:
        return 0;
    }
#  elif defined (Q_OS_DARWIN)
    // Use CFStringCompare for comparing strings on Mac. This makes Qt order
    // strings the same way as native applications do, and also respects
    // the "Order for sorted lists" setting in the International preferences
    // panel.
    const CFStringRef thisString =
        CFStringCreateWithCharactersNoCopy(kCFAllocatorDefault,
            reinterpret_cast<const UniChar *>(lhs.constData()), lhs.length(), kCFAllocatorNull);
    const CFStringRef otherString =
        CFStringCreateWithCharactersNoCopy(kCFAllocatorDefault,
            reinterpret_cast<const UniChar *>(rhs.constData()), rhs.length(), kCFAllocatorNull);

    const int result = CFStringCompare(thisString, otherString, kCFCompareLocalized);
    CFRelease(thisString);
    CFRelease(otherString);
    return result;
#  elif defined(Q_OS_UNIX)
    // declared in <string.h>
    int delta = strcoll(lhs.toLocal8Bit().constData(), rhs.toLocal8Bit().constData());
    if (delta == 0)
        delta = qt_compare_strings(lhs, rhs, Qt::CaseSensitive);
    return delta;
#  else
#     error "This case shouldn't happen"
    return qt_compare_strings(lhs, rhs, Qt::CaseSensitive);
#  endif
#endif // !QT_CONFIG(icu)
}


/*!
    \fn const QChar *QString::unicode() const

    Returns a Unicode representation of the string.
    The result remains valid until the string is modified.

    \note The returned string may not be '\\0'-terminated.
    Use size() to determine the length of the array.

    \sa utf16(), fromRawData()
*/

/*!
    \fn const ushort *QString::utf16() const

    Returns the QString as a '\\0\'-terminated array of unsigned
    shorts. The result remains valid until the string is modified.

    The returned string is in host byte order.

    \sa unicode()
*/

const ushort *QString::utf16() const
{
    if (IS_RAW_DATA(d)) {
        // ensure '\0'-termination for ::fromRawData strings
        const_cast<QString*>(this)->reallocData(uint(d->size) + 1u);
    }
    return d->data();
}

/*!
    Returns a string of size \a width that contains this string
    padded by the \a fill character.

    If \a truncate is \c false and the size() of the string is more than
    \a width, then the returned string is a copy of the string.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 32

    If \a truncate is \c true and the size() of the string is more than
    \a width, then any characters in a copy of the string after
    position \a width are removed, and the copy is returned.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 33

    \sa rightJustified()
*/

QString QString::leftJustified(int width, QChar fill, bool truncate) const
{
    QString result;
    int len = length();
    int padlen = width - len;
    if (padlen > 0) {
        result.resize(len+padlen);
        if (len)
            memcpy(result.d->data(), d->data(), sizeof(QChar)*len);
        QChar *uc = (QChar*)result.d->data() + len;
        while (padlen--)
           * uc++ = fill;
    } else {
        if (truncate)
            result = left(width);
        else
            result = *this;
    }
    return result;
}

/*!
    Returns a string of size() \a width that contains the \a fill
    character followed by the string. For example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 49

    If \a truncate is \c false and the size() of the string is more than
    \a width, then the returned string is a copy of the string.

    If \a truncate is true and the size() of the string is more than
    \a width, then the resulting string is truncated at position \a
    width.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 50

    \sa leftJustified()
*/

QString QString::rightJustified(int width, QChar fill, bool truncate) const
{
    QString result;
    int len = length();
    int padlen = width - len;
    if (padlen > 0) {
        result.resize(len+padlen);
        QChar *uc = (QChar*)result.d->data();
        while (padlen--)
           * uc++ = fill;
        if (len)
          memcpy(static_cast<void *>(uc), static_cast<const void *>(d->data()), sizeof(QChar)*len);
    } else {
        if (truncate)
            result = left(width);
        else
            result = *this;
    }
    return result;
}

/*!
    \fn QString QString::toLower() const

    Returns a lowercase copy of the string.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 75

    The case conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale dependent
    case folding use QLocale::toLower()

    \sa toUpper(), QLocale::toLower()
*/

namespace QUnicodeTables {
/*
    \internal
    Converts the \a str string starting from the position pointed to by the \a
    it iterator, using the Unicode case traits \c Traits, and returns the
    result. The input string must not be empty (the convertCase function below
    guarantees that).

    The string type \c{T} is also a template and is either \c{const QString} or
    \c{QString}. This function can do both copy-conversion and in-place
    conversion depending on the state of the \a str parameter:
    \list
       \li \c{T} is \c{const QString}: copy-convert
       \li \c{T} is \c{QString} and its refcount != 1: copy-convert
       \li \c{T} is \c{QString} and its refcount == 1: in-place convert
    \endlist

    In copy-convert mode, the local variable \c{s} is detached from the input
    \a str. In the in-place convert mode, \a str is in moved-from state (which
    this function requires to be a valid, empty string) and \c{s} contains the
    only copy of the string, without reallocation (thus, \a it is still valid).

    There is one pathological case left: when the in-place conversion needs to
    reallocate memory to grow the buffer. In that case, we need to adjust the \a
    it pointer.
 */
template <typename T>
Q_NEVER_INLINE
static QString detachAndConvertCase(T &str, QStringIterator it, QUnicodeTables::Case which)
{
    Q_ASSERT(!str.isEmpty());
    QString s = std::move(str);             // will copy if T is const QString
    QChar *pp = s.begin() + it.index(); // will detach if necessary

    do {
        uint uc = it.nextUnchecked();

        const auto fold = qGetProp(uc)->cases[which];
        signed short caseDiff = fold.diff;

        if (Q_UNLIKELY(fold.special)) {
            const ushort *specialCase = specialCaseMap + caseDiff;
            ushort length = *specialCase++;

            if (Q_LIKELY(length == 1)) {
                *pp++ = QChar(*specialCase);
            } else {
                // slow path: the string is growing
                int inpos = it.index() - 1;
                int outpos = pp - s.constBegin();

                s.replace(outpos, 1, reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(specialCase), length);
                pp = const_cast<QChar *>(s.constBegin()) + outpos + length;

                // do we need to adjust the input iterator too?
                // if it is pointing to s's data, str is empty
                if (str.isEmpty())
                    it = QStringIterator(s.constBegin(), inpos + length, s.constEnd());
            }
        } else if (Q_UNLIKELY(QChar::requiresSurrogates(uc))) {
            // so far, case convertion never changes planes (guaranteed by the qunicodetables generator)
            pp++;
            *pp++ = QChar(QChar::lowSurrogate(uc + caseDiff));
        } else {
            *pp++ = QChar(uc + caseDiff);
        }
    } while (it.hasNext());

    return s;
}

template <typename T>
static QString convertCase(T &str, QUnicodeTables::Case which)
{
    const QChar *p = str.constBegin();
    const QChar *e = p + str.size();

    // this avoids out of bounds check in the loop
    while (e != p && e[-1].isHighSurrogate())
        --e;

    QStringIterator it(p, e);
    while (it.hasNext()) {
        uint uc = it.nextUnchecked();
        if (qGetProp(uc)->cases[which].diff) {
            it.recedeUnchecked();
            return detachAndConvertCase(str, it, which);
        }
    }
    return std::move(str);
}
} // namespace QUnicodeTables

QString QString::toLower_helper(const QString &str)
{
    return QUnicodeTables::convertCase(str, QUnicodeTables::LowerCase);
}

QString QString::toLower_helper(QString &str)
{
    return QUnicodeTables::convertCase(str, QUnicodeTables::LowerCase);
}

/*!
    \fn QString QString::toCaseFolded() const

    Returns the case folded equivalent of the string. For most Unicode
    characters this is the same as toLower().
*/

QString QString::toCaseFolded_helper(const QString &str)
{
    return QUnicodeTables::convertCase(str, QUnicodeTables::CaseFold);
}

QString QString::toCaseFolded_helper(QString &str)
{
    return QUnicodeTables::convertCase(str, QUnicodeTables::CaseFold);
}

/*!
    \fn QString QString::toUpper() const

    Returns an uppercase copy of the string.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 81

    The case conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale dependent
    case folding use QLocale::toUpper()

    \sa toLower(), QLocale::toLower()
*/

QString QString::toUpper_helper(const QString &str)
{
    return QUnicodeTables::convertCase(str, QUnicodeTables::UpperCase);
}

QString QString::toUpper_helper(QString &str)
{
    return QUnicodeTables::convertCase(str, QUnicodeTables::UpperCase);
}

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 14)
/*!
    \obsolete

    Use asprintf(), arg() or QTextStream instead.
*/
QString &QString::sprintf(const char *cformat, ...)
{
    va_list ap;
    va_start(ap, cformat);
    *this = vasprintf(cformat, ap);
    va_end(ap);
    return *this;
}
#endif

// ### Qt 6: Consider whether this function shouldn't be removed See task 202871.
/*!
    \since 5.5

    Safely builds a formatted string from the format string \a cformat
    and an arbitrary list of arguments.

    The format string supports the conversion specifiers, length modifiers,
    and flags provided by printf() in the standard C++ library. The \a cformat
    string and \c{%s} arguments must be UTF-8 encoded.

    \note The \c{%lc} escape sequence expects a unicode character of type
    \c char16_t, or \c ushort (as returned by QChar::unicode()).
    The \c{%ls} escape sequence expects a pointer to a zero-terminated array
    of unicode characters of type \c char16_t, or ushort (as returned by
    QString::utf16()). This is at odds with the printf() in the standard C++
    library, which defines \c {%lc} to print a wchar_t and \c{%ls} to print
    a \c{wchar_t*}, and might also produce compiler warnings on platforms
    where the size of \c {wchar_t} is not 16 bits.

    \warning We do not recommend using QString::asprintf() in new Qt
    code. Instead, consider using QTextStream or arg(), both of
    which support Unicode strings seamlessly and are type-safe.
    Here is an example that uses QTextStream:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 64

    For \l {QObject::tr()}{translations}, especially if the strings
    contains more than one escape sequence, you should consider using
    the arg() function instead. This allows the order of the
    replacements to be controlled by the translator.

    \sa arg()
*/

QString QString::asprintf(const char *cformat, ...)
{
    va_list ap;
    va_start(ap, cformat);
    const QString s = vasprintf(cformat, ap);
    va_end(ap);
    return s;
}

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 14)
/*!
    \obsolete

    Use vasprintf(), arg() or QTextStream instead.
*/
QString &QString::vsprintf(const char *cformat, va_list ap)
{
    return *this = vasprintf(cformat, ap);
}
#endif

static void append_utf8(QString &qs, const char *cs, int len)
{
    const int oldSize = qs.size();
    qs.resize(oldSize + len);
    const QChar *newEnd = QUtf8::convertToUnicode(qs.data() + oldSize, cs, len);
    qs.resize(newEnd - qs.constData());
}

static uint parse_flag_characters(const char * &c) noexcept
{
    uint flags = QLocaleData::ZeroPadExponent;
    while (true) {
        switch (*c) {
        case '#':
            flags |= QLocaleData::ShowBase | QLocaleData::AddTrailingZeroes
                    | QLocaleData::ForcePoint;
            break;
        case '0': flags |= QLocaleData::ZeroPadded; break;
        case '-': flags |= QLocaleData::LeftAdjusted; break;
        case ' ': flags |= QLocaleData::BlankBeforePositive; break;
        case '+': flags |= QLocaleData::AlwaysShowSign; break;
        case '\'': flags |= QLocaleData::ThousandsGroup; break;
        default: return flags;
        }
        ++c;
    }
}

static int parse_field_width(const char * &c)
{
    Q_ASSERT(qIsDigit(*c));

    // can't be negative - started with a digit
    // contains at least one digit
    const char *endp;
    bool ok;
    const qulonglong result = qstrtoull(c, &endp, 10, &ok);
    c = endp;
    while (qIsDigit(*c)) // preserve Qt 5.5 behavior of consuming all digits, no matter how many
        ++c;
    return ok && result < qulonglong(std::numeric_limits<int>::max()) ? int(result) : 0;
}

enum LengthMod { lm_none, lm_hh, lm_h, lm_l, lm_ll, lm_L, lm_j, lm_z, lm_t };

static inline bool can_consume(const char * &c, char ch) noexcept
{
    if (*c == ch) {
        ++c;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

static LengthMod parse_length_modifier(const char * &c) noexcept
{
    switch (*c++) {
    case 'h': return can_consume(c, 'h') ? lm_hh : lm_h;
    case 'l': return can_consume(c, 'l') ? lm_ll : lm_l;
    case 'L': return lm_L;
    case 'j': return lm_j;
    case 'z':
    case 'Z': return lm_z;
    case 't': return lm_t;
    }
    --c; // don't consume *c - it wasn't a flag
    return lm_none;
}

/*!
    \fn QString QString::vasprintf(const char *cformat, va_list ap)
    \since 5.5

    Equivalent method to asprintf(), but takes a va_list \a ap
    instead a list of variable arguments. See the asprintf()
    documentation for an explanation of \a cformat.

    This method does not call the va_end macro, the caller
    is responsible to call va_end on \a ap.

    \sa asprintf()
*/

QString QString::vasprintf(const char *cformat, va_list ap)
{
    if (!cformat || !*cformat) {
        // Qt 1.x compat
        return fromLatin1("");
    }

    // Parse cformat

    QString result;
    const char *c = cformat;
    for (;;) {
        // Copy non-escape chars to result
        const char *cb = c;
        while (*c != '\0' && *c != '%')
            c++;
        append_utf8(result, cb, int(c - cb));

        if (*c == '\0')
            break;

        // Found '%'
        const char *escape_start = c;
        ++c;

        if (*c == '\0') {
            result.append(QLatin1Char('%')); // a % at the end of the string - treat as non-escape text
            break;
        }
        if (*c == '%') {
            result.append(QLatin1Char('%')); // %%
            ++c;
            continue;
        }

        uint flags = parse_flag_characters(c);

        if (*c == '\0') {
            result.append(QLatin1String(escape_start)); // incomplete escape, treat as non-escape text
            break;
        }

        // Parse field width
        int width = -1; // -1 means unspecified
        if (qIsDigit(*c)) {
            width = parse_field_width(c);
        } else if (*c == '*') { // can't parse this in another function, not portably, at least
            width = va_arg(ap, int);
            if (width < 0)
                width = -1; // treat all negative numbers as unspecified
            ++c;
        }

        if (*c == '\0') {
            result.append(QLatin1String(escape_start)); // incomplete escape, treat as non-escape text
            break;
        }

        // Parse precision
        int precision = -1; // -1 means unspecified
        if (*c == '.') {
            ++c;
            if (qIsDigit(*c)) {
                precision = parse_field_width(c);
            } else if (*c == '*') { // can't parse this in another function, not portably, at least
                precision = va_arg(ap, int);
                if (precision < 0)
                    precision = -1; // treat all negative numbers as unspecified
                ++c;
            }
        }

        if (*c == '\0') {
            result.append(QLatin1String(escape_start)); // incomplete escape, treat as non-escape text
            break;
        }

        const LengthMod length_mod = parse_length_modifier(c);

        if (*c == '\0') {
            result.append(QLatin1String(escape_start)); // incomplete escape, treat as non-escape text
            break;
        }

        // Parse the conversion specifier and do the conversion
        QString subst;
        switch (*c) {
            case 'd':
            case 'i': {
                qint64 i;
                switch (length_mod) {
                    case lm_none: i = va_arg(ap, int); break;
                    case lm_hh: i = va_arg(ap, int); break;
                    case lm_h: i = va_arg(ap, int); break;
                    case lm_l: i = va_arg(ap, long int); break;
                    case lm_ll: i = va_arg(ap, qint64); break;
                    case lm_j: i = va_arg(ap, long int); break;
                    case lm_z: i = va_arg(ap, size_t); break;
                    case lm_t: i = va_arg(ap, int); break;
                    default: i = 0; break;
                }
                subst = QLocaleData::c()->longLongToString(i, precision, 10, width, flags);
                ++c;
                break;
            }
            case 'o':
            case 'u':
            case 'x':
            case 'X': {
                quint64 u;
                switch (length_mod) {
                    case lm_none: u = va_arg(ap, uint); break;
                    case lm_hh: u = va_arg(ap, uint); break;
                    case lm_h: u = va_arg(ap, uint); break;
                    case lm_l: u = va_arg(ap, ulong); break;
                    case lm_ll: u = va_arg(ap, quint64); break;
                    case lm_z: u = va_arg(ap, size_t); break;
                    default: u = 0; break;
                }

                if (qIsUpper(*c))
                    flags |= QLocaleData::CapitalEorX;

                int base = 10;
                switch (qToLower(*c)) {
                    case 'o':
                        base = 8; break;
                    case 'u':
                        base = 10; break;
                    case 'x':
                        base = 16; break;
                    default: break;
                }
                subst = QLocaleData::c()->unsLongLongToString(u, precision, base, width, flags);
                ++c;
                break;
            }
            case 'E':
            case 'e':
            case 'F':
            case 'f':
            case 'G':
            case 'g':
            case 'A':
            case 'a': {
                double d;
                if (length_mod == lm_L)
                    d = va_arg(ap, long double); // not supported - converted to a double
                else
                    d = va_arg(ap, double);

                if (qIsUpper(*c))
                    flags |= QLocaleData::CapitalEorX;

                QLocaleData::DoubleForm form = QLocaleData::DFDecimal;
                switch (qToLower(*c)) {
                    case 'e': form = QLocaleData::DFExponent; break;
                    case 'a':                             // not supported - decimal form used instead
                    case 'f': form = QLocaleData::DFDecimal; break;
                    case 'g': form = QLocaleData::DFSignificantDigits; break;
                    default: break;
                }
                subst = QLocaleData::c()->doubleToString(d, precision, form, width, flags);
                ++c;
                break;
            }
            case 'c': {
                if (length_mod == lm_l)
                    subst = QChar((ushort) va_arg(ap, int));
                else
                    subst = QLatin1Char((uchar) va_arg(ap, int));
                ++c;
                break;
            }
            case 's': {
                if (length_mod == lm_l) {
                    const ushort *buff = va_arg(ap, const ushort*);
                    const ushort *ch = buff;
                    while (*ch != 0)
                        ++ch;
                    subst.setUtf16(buff, ch - buff);
                } else
                    subst = QString::fromUtf8(va_arg(ap, const char*));
                if (precision != -1)
                    subst.truncate(precision);
                ++c;
                break;
            }
            case 'p': {
                void *arg = va_arg(ap, void*);
                const quint64 i = reinterpret_cast<quintptr>(arg);
                flags |= QLocaleData::ShowBase;
                subst = QLocaleData::c()->unsLongLongToString(i, precision, 16, width, flags);
                ++c;
                break;
            }
            case 'n':
                switch (length_mod) {
                    case lm_hh: {
                        signed char *n = va_arg(ap, signed char*);
                        *n = result.length();
                        break;
                    }
                    case lm_h: {
                        short int *n = va_arg(ap, short int*);
                        *n = result.length();
                            break;
                    }
                    case lm_l: {
                        long int *n = va_arg(ap, long int*);
                        *n = result.length();
                        break;
                    }
                    case lm_ll: {
                        qint64 *n = va_arg(ap, qint64*);
                        *n = result.length();
                        break;
                    }
                    default: {
                        int *n = va_arg(ap, int*);
                        *n = result.length();
                        break;
                    }
                }
                ++c;
                break;

            default: // bad escape, treat as non-escape text
                for (const char *cc = escape_start; cc != c; ++cc)
                    result.append(QLatin1Char(*cc));
                continue;
        }

        if (flags & QLocaleData::LeftAdjusted)
            result.append(subst.leftJustified(width));
        else
            result.append(subst.rightJustified(width));
    }

    return result;
}

/*!
    Returns the string converted to a \c{long long} using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toLongLong()

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 74

    This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

    \sa number(), toULongLong(), toInt(), QLocale::toLongLong()
*/

qint64 QString::toLongLong(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return toIntegral_helper<qlonglong>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

qlonglong QString::toIntegral_helper(const QChar *data, int len, bool *ok, int base)
{
#if defined(QT_CHECK_RANGE)
    if (base != 0 && (base < 2 || base > 36)) {
        qWarning("QString::toULongLong: Invalid base (%d)", base);
        base = 10;
    }
#endif

    return QLocaleData::c()->stringToLongLong(QStringView(data, len), base, ok, QLocale::RejectGroupSeparator);
}


/*!
    Returns the string converted to an \c{unsigned long long} using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toULongLong()

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 79

    This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

    \sa number(), toLongLong(), QLocale::toULongLong()
*/

quint64 QString::toULongLong(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return toIntegral_helper<qulonglong>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

qulonglong QString::toIntegral_helper(const QChar *data, uint len, bool *ok, int base)
{
#if defined(QT_CHECK_RANGE)
    if (base != 0 && (base < 2 || base > 36)) {
        qWarning("QString::toULongLong: Invalid base (%d)", base);
        base = 10;
    }
#endif

    return QLocaleData::c()->stringToUnsLongLong(QStringView(data, len), base, ok,
                                                 QLocale::RejectGroupSeparator);
}

/*!
    \fn long QString::toLong(bool *ok, int base) const

    Returns the string converted to a \c long using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toLongLong()

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 73

    This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

    \sa number(), toULong(), toInt(), QLocale::toInt()
*/

long QString::toLong(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return toIntegral_helper<long>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

/*!
    \fn ulong QString::toULong(bool *ok, int base) const

    Returns the string converted to an \c{unsigned long} using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toULongLong()

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 78

    This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

    \sa number(), QLocale::toUInt()
*/

ulong QString::toULong(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return toIntegral_helper<ulong>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}


/*!
    Returns the string converted to an \c int using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toInt()

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 72

    This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

    \sa number(), toUInt(), toDouble(), QLocale::toInt()
*/

int QString::toInt(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return toIntegral_helper<int>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

/*!
    Returns the string converted to an \c{unsigned int} using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toUInt()

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 77

    This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

    \sa number(), toInt(), QLocale::toUInt()
*/

uint QString::toUInt(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return toIntegral_helper<uint>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

/*!
    Returns the string converted to a \c short using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toShort()

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 76

    This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

    \sa number(), toUShort(), toInt(), QLocale::toShort()
*/

short QString::toShort(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return toIntegral_helper<short>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

/*!
    Returns the string converted to an \c{unsigned short} using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toUShort()

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 80

    This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

    \sa number(), toShort(), QLocale::toUShort()
*/

ushort QString::toUShort(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return toIntegral_helper<ushort>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}


/*!
    Returns the string converted to a \c double value.

    Returns an infinity if the conversion overflows or 0.0 if the
    conversion fails for other reasons (e.g. underflow).

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 66

    \warning The QString content may only contain valid numerical characters
    which includes the plus/minus sign, the character e used in scientific
    notation, and the decimal point. Including the unit or additional characters
    leads to a conversion error.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 67

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toDouble()

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 68

    For historical reasons, this function does not handle
    thousands group separators. If you need to convert such numbers,
    use QLocale::toDouble().

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 69

    This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

    \sa number(), QLocale::setDefault(), QLocale::toDouble(), trimmed()
*/

double QString::toDouble(bool *ok) const
{
    return QLocaleData::c()->stringToDouble(*this, ok, QLocale::RejectGroupSeparator);
}

/*!
    Returns the string converted to a \c float value.

    Returns an infinity if the conversion overflows or 0.0 if the
    conversion fails for other reasons (e.g. underflow).

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    \warning The QString content may only contain valid numerical characters
    which includes the plus/minus sign, the character e used in scientific
    notation, and the decimal point. Including the unit or additional characters
    leads to a conversion error.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toFloat()

    For historical reasons, this function does not handle
    thousands group separators. If you need to convert such numbers,
    use QLocale::toFloat().

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 71

    This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

    \sa number(), toDouble(), toInt(), QLocale::toFloat(), trimmed()
*/

float QString::toFloat(bool *ok) const
{
    return QLocaleData::convertDoubleToFloat(toDouble(ok), ok);
}

/*! \fn QString &QString::setNum(int n, int base)

    Sets the string to the printed value of \a n in the specified \a
    base, and returns a reference to the string.

    The base is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36. For bases
    other than 10, \a n is treated as an unsigned integer.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 56

   The formatting always uses QLocale::C, i.e., English/UnitedStates.
   To get a localized string representation of a number, use
   QLocale::toString() with the appropriate locale.

   \sa number()
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::setNum(uint n, int base)

    \overload
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::setNum(long n, int base)

    \overload
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::setNum(ulong n, int base)

    \overload
*/

/*!
    \overload
*/
QString &QString::setNum(qlonglong n, int base)
{
    return *this = number(n, base);
}

/*!
    \overload
*/
QString &QString::setNum(qulonglong n, int base)
{
    return *this = number(n, base);
}

/*! \fn QString &QString::setNum(short n, int base)

    \overload
*/

/*! \fn QString &QString::setNum(ushort n, int base)

    \overload
*/

/*!
    \fn QString &QString::setNum(double n, char format, int precision)
    \overload

    Sets the string to the printed value of \a n, formatted according
    to the given \a format and \a precision, and returns a reference
    to the string.

    The \a format can be 'e', 'E', 'f', 'g' or 'G' (see
    \l{Argument Formats} for an explanation of the formats).

    The formatting always uses QLocale::C, i.e., English/UnitedStates.
    To get a localized string representation of a number, use
    QLocale::toString() with the appropriate locale.

    \sa number()
*/

QString &QString::setNum(double n, char f, int prec)
{
    return *this = number(n, f, prec);
}

/*!
    \fn QString &QString::setNum(float n, char format, int precision)
    \overload

    Sets the string to the printed value of \a n, formatted according
    to the given \a format and \a precision, and returns a reference
    to the string.

    The formatting always uses QLocale::C, i.e., English/UnitedStates.
    To get a localized string representation of a number, use
    QLocale::toString() with the appropriate locale.

    \sa number()
*/


/*!
    \fn QString QString::number(long n, int base)

    Returns a string equivalent of the number \a n according to the
    specified \a base.

    The base is 10 by default and must be between 2
    and 36. For bases other than 10, \a n is treated as an
    unsigned integer.

    The formatting always uses QLocale::C, i.e., English/UnitedStates.
    To get a localized string representation of a number, use
    QLocale::toString() with the appropriate locale.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 35

    \sa setNum()
*/

QString QString::number(long n, int base)
{
    return number(qlonglong(n), base);
}

/*!
  \fn QString QString::number(ulong n, int base)

    \overload
*/
QString QString::number(ulong n, int base)
{
    return number(qulonglong(n), base);
}

/*!
    \overload
*/
QString QString::number(int n, int base)
{
    return number(qlonglong(n), base);
}

/*!
    \overload
*/
QString QString::number(uint n, int base)
{
    return number(qulonglong(n), base);
}

/*!
    \overload
*/
QString QString::number(qlonglong n, int base)
{
#if defined(QT_CHECK_RANGE)
    if (base < 2 || base > 36) {
        qWarning("QString::setNum: Invalid base (%d)", base);
        base = 10;
    }
#endif
    return QLocaleData::c()->longLongToString(n, -1, base);
}

/*!
    \overload
*/
QString QString::number(qulonglong n, int base)
{
#if defined(QT_CHECK_RANGE)
    if (base < 2 || base > 36) {
        qWarning("QString::setNum: Invalid base (%d)", base);
        base = 10;
    }
#endif
    return QLocaleData::c()->unsLongLongToString(n, -1, base);
}


/*!
    \fn QString QString::number(double n, char format, int precision)

    Returns a string equivalent of the number \a n, formatted
    according to the specified \a format and \a precision. See
    \l{Argument Formats} for details.

    Unlike QLocale::toString(), this function does not honor the
    user's locale settings.

    \sa setNum(), QLocale::toString()
*/
QString QString::number(double n, char f, int prec)
{
    QLocaleData::DoubleForm form = QLocaleData::DFDecimal;
    uint flags = QLocaleData::ZeroPadExponent;

    if (qIsUpper(f))
        flags |= QLocaleData::CapitalEorX;

    switch (qToLower(f)) {
        case 'f':
            form = QLocaleData::DFDecimal;
            break;
        case 'e':
            form = QLocaleData::DFExponent;
            break;
        case 'g':
            form = QLocaleData::DFSignificantDigits;
            break;
        default:
#if defined(QT_CHECK_RANGE)
            qWarning("QString::setNum: Invalid format char '%c'", f);
#endif
            break;
    }

    return QLocaleData::c()->doubleToString(n, prec, form, -1, flags);
}

namespace {
template<class ResultList, class StringSource>
static ResultList splitString(const StringSource &source, const QChar *sep,
                              Qt::SplitBehavior behavior, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs, const int separatorSize)
{
    ResultList list;
    typename StringSource::size_type start = 0;
    typename StringSource::size_type end;
    typename StringSource::size_type extra = 0;
    while ((end = QtPrivate::findString(QStringView(source.constData(), source.size()), start + extra, QStringView(sep, separatorSize), cs)) != -1) {
        if (start != end || behavior == Qt::KeepEmptyParts)
            list.append(source.mid(start, end - start));
        start = end + separatorSize;
        extra = (separatorSize == 0 ? 1 : 0);
    }
    if (start != source.size() || behavior == Qt::KeepEmptyParts)
        list.append(source.mid(start, -1));
    return list;
}

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
Qt::SplitBehavior mapSplitBehavior(QString::SplitBehavior sb)
{
QT_WARNING_PUSH
QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
    return sb & QString::SkipEmptyParts ? Qt::SkipEmptyParts : Qt::KeepEmptyParts;
QT_WARNING_POP
}
#endif

} // namespace

/*!
    Splits the string into substrings wherever \a sep occurs, and
    returns the list of those strings. If \a sep does not match
    anywhere in the string, split() returns a single-element list
    containing this string.

    \a cs specifies whether \a sep should be matched case
    sensitively or case insensitively.

    If \a behavior is Qt::SkipEmptyParts, empty entries don't
    appear in the result. By default, empty entries are kept.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 62

    If \a sep is empty, split() returns an empty string, followed
    by each of the string's characters, followed by another empty string:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 62-empty

    To understand this behavior, recall that the empty string matches
    everywhere, so the above is qualitatively the same as:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 62-slashes

    \sa QStringList::join(), section()

    \since 5.14
*/
QStringList QString::split(const QString &sep, Qt::SplitBehavior behavior, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return splitString<QStringList>(*this, sep.constData(), behavior, cs, sep.size());
}

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
/*!
    \overload
    \obsolete
*/
QStringList QString::split(const QString &sep, SplitBehavior behavior, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return split(sep, mapSplitBehavior(behavior), cs);
}
#endif

/*!
    Splits the string into substring references wherever \a sep occurs, and
    returns the list of those strings.

    See QString::split() for how \a sep, \a behavior and \a cs interact to form
    the result.

    \note All references are valid as long this string is alive. Destroying this
    string will cause all references to be dangling pointers.

    \since 5.14
    \sa QStringRef split()
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QString::splitRef(const QString &sep, Qt::SplitBehavior behavior,
                                      Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return splitString<QVector<QStringRef>>(QStringRef(this), sep.constData(), behavior,
                                            cs, sep.size());
}

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
/*!
    \overload
    \obsolete
    \since 5.4
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QString::splitRef(const QString &sep, SplitBehavior behavior, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return splitRef(sep, mapSplitBehavior(behavior), cs);
}
#endif

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.14
*/
QStringList QString::split(QChar sep, Qt::SplitBehavior behavior, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return splitString<QStringList>(*this, &sep, behavior, cs, 1);
}

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
/*!
    \overload
    \obsolete
*/
QStringList QString::split(QChar sep, SplitBehavior behavior, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return split(sep, mapSplitBehavior(behavior), cs);
}
#endif

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.14
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QString::splitRef(QChar sep, Qt::SplitBehavior behavior,
                                      Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return splitString<QVector<QStringRef> >(QStringRef(this), &sep, behavior, cs, 1);
}

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.4
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QString::splitRef(QChar sep, SplitBehavior behavior, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return splitRef(sep, mapSplitBehavior(behavior), cs);
}
#endif

/*!
    Splits the string into substrings references wherever \a sep occurs, and
    returns the list of those strings.

    See QString::split() for how \a sep, \a behavior and \a cs interact to form
    the result.

    \note All references are valid as long this string is alive. Destroying this
    string will cause all references to be dangling pointers.

    \since 5.14
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QStringRef::split(const QString &sep, Qt::SplitBehavior behavior, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return splitString<QVector<QStringRef> >(*this, sep.constData(), behavior, cs, sep.size());
}

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.4
    \obsolete
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QStringRef::split(const QString &sep, QString::SplitBehavior behavior, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return split(sep, mapSplitBehavior(behavior), cs);
}
#endif

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.14
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QStringRef::split(QChar sep, Qt::SplitBehavior behavior, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return splitString<QVector<QStringRef> >(*this, &sep, behavior, cs, 1);
}

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.4
    \obsolete
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QStringRef::split(QChar sep, QString::SplitBehavior behavior, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return split(sep, mapSplitBehavior(behavior), cs);
}
#endif

#ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP
namespace {
template<class ResultList, typename MidMethod>
static ResultList splitString(const QString &source, MidMethod mid, const QRegExp &rx, Qt::SplitBehavior behavior)
{
    QRegExp rx2(rx);
    ResultList list;
    int start = 0;
    int extra = 0;
    int end;
    while ((end = rx2.indexIn(source, start + extra)) != -1) {
        int matchedLen = rx2.matchedLength();
        if (start != end || behavior == Qt::KeepEmptyParts)
            list.append((source.*mid)(start, end - start));
        start = end + matchedLen;
        extra = (matchedLen == 0) ? 1 : 0;
    }
    if (start != source.size() || behavior == Qt::KeepEmptyParts)
        list.append((source.*mid)(start, -1));
    return list;
}
} // namespace

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.14

    Splits the string into substrings wherever the regular expression
    \a rx matches, and returns the list of those strings. If \a rx
    does not match anywhere in the string, split() returns a
    single-element list containing this string.

    Here is an example where we extract the words in a sentence
    using one or more whitespace characters as the separator:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 59

    Here is a similar example, but this time we use any sequence of
    non-word characters as the separator:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 60

    Here is a third example where we use a zero-length assertion,
    \b{\\b} (word boundary), to split the string into an
    alternating sequence of non-word and word tokens:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 61

    \sa QStringList::join(), section()
*/
QStringList QString::split(const QRegExp &rx, Qt::SplitBehavior behavior) const
{
    return splitString<QStringList>(*this, &QString::mid, rx, behavior);
}

#  if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
/*!
    \overload
    \obsolete
*/
QStringList QString::split(const QRegExp &rx, SplitBehavior behavior) const
{
    return split(rx, mapSplitBehavior(behavior));
}
#  endif

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.14

    Splits the string into substring references wherever the regular expression
    \a rx matches, and returns the list of those strings. If \a rx
    does not match anywhere in the string, splitRef() returns a
    single-element vector containing this string reference.

    \note All references are valid as long this string is alive. Destroying this
    string will cause all references to be dangling pointers.

    \sa QStringRef split()
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QString::splitRef(const QRegExp &rx, Qt::SplitBehavior behavior) const
{
    return splitString<QVector<QStringRef> >(*this, &QString::midRef, rx, behavior);
}

#  if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.4
    \obsolete
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QString::splitRef(const QRegExp &rx, SplitBehavior behavior) const
{
    return splitRef(rx, mapSplitBehavior(behavior));
}
#  endif
#endif // QT_NO_REGEXP

#if QT_CONFIG(regularexpression)
namespace {
template<class ResultList, typename MidMethod>
static ResultList splitString(const QString &source, MidMethod mid, const QRegularExpression &re,
                              Qt::SplitBehavior behavior)
{
    ResultList list;
    if (!re.isValid()) {
        qWarning("QString::split: invalid QRegularExpression object");
        return list;
    }

    int start = 0;
    int end = 0;
    QRegularExpressionMatchIterator iterator = re.globalMatch(source);
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
        QRegularExpressionMatch match = iterator.next();
        end = match.capturedStart();
        if (start != end || behavior == Qt::KeepEmptyParts)
            list.append((source.*mid)(start, end - start));
        start = match.capturedEnd();
    }

    if (start != source.size() || behavior == Qt::KeepEmptyParts)
        list.append((source.*mid)(start, -1));

    return list;
}
} // namespace

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.14

    Splits the string into substrings wherever the regular expression
    \a re matches, and returns the list of those strings. If \a re
    does not match anywhere in the string, split() returns a
    single-element list containing this string.

    Here is an example where we extract the words in a sentence
    using one or more whitespace characters as the separator:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 90

    Here is a similar example, but this time we use any sequence of
    non-word characters as the separator:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 91

    Here is a third example where we use a zero-length assertion,
    \b{\\b} (word boundary), to split the string into an
    alternating sequence of non-word and word tokens:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 92

    \sa QStringList::join(), section()
*/
QStringList QString::split(const QRegularExpression &re, Qt::SplitBehavior behavior) const
{
    return splitString<QStringList>(*this, &QString::mid, re, behavior);
}

#  if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.0
    \obsolete
*/
QStringList QString::split(const QRegularExpression &re, SplitBehavior behavior) const
{
    return split(re, mapSplitBehavior(behavior));
}
#  endif

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.14

    Splits the string into substring references wherever the regular expression
    \a re matches, and returns the list of those strings. If \a re
    does not match anywhere in the string, splitRef() returns a
    single-element vector containing this string reference.

    \note All references are valid as long this string is alive. Destroying this
    string will cause all references to be dangling pointers.

    \sa split() QStringRef
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QString::splitRef(const QRegularExpression &re, Qt::SplitBehavior behavior) const
{
    return splitString<QVector<QStringRef> >(*this, &QString::midRef, re, behavior);
}

#  if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 15)
/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.4
    \obsolete
*/
QVector<QStringRef> QString::splitRef(const QRegularExpression &re, SplitBehavior behavior) const
{
    return splitRef(re, mapSplitBehavior(behavior));
}
#  endif
#endif // QT_CONFIG(regularexpression)

/*!
    \enum QString::NormalizationForm

    This enum describes the various normalized forms of Unicode text.

    \value NormalizationForm_D  Canonical Decomposition
    \value NormalizationForm_C  Canonical Decomposition followed by Canonical Composition
    \value NormalizationForm_KD  Compatibility Decomposition
    \value NormalizationForm_KC  Compatibility Decomposition followed by Canonical Composition

    \sa normalized(),
        {http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/}{Unicode Standard Annex #15}
*/

/*!
    \since 4.5

    Returns a copy of this string repeated the specified number of \a times.

    If \a times is less than 1, an empty string is returned.

    Example:

    \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qstring.cpp 8
*/
QString QString::repeated(int times) const
{
    if (d->size == 0)
        return *this;

    if (times <= 1) {
        if (times == 1)
            return *this;
        return QString();
    }

    const int resultSize = times * d->size;

    QString result;
    result.reserve(resultSize);
    if (result.d->alloc != uint(resultSize) + 1u)
        return QString(); // not enough memory

    memcpy(result.d->data(), d->data(), d->size * sizeof(ushort));

    int sizeSoFar = d->size;
    ushort *end = result.d->data() + sizeSoFar;

    const int halfResultSize = resultSize >> 1;
    while (sizeSoFar <= halfResultSize) {
        memcpy(end, result.d->data(), sizeSoFar * sizeof(ushort));
        end += sizeSoFar;
        sizeSoFar <<= 1;
    }
    memcpy(end, result.d->data(), (resultSize - sizeSoFar) * sizeof(ushort));
    result.d->data()[resultSize] = '\0';
    result.d->size = resultSize;
    return result;
}

void qt_string_normalize(QString *data, QString::NormalizationForm mode, QChar::UnicodeVersion version, int from)
{
    const QChar *p = data->constData() + from;
    if (isAscii(p, p + data->length() - from))
        return;
    if (p > data->constData() + from)
        from = p - data->constData() - 1;   // need one before the non-ASCII to perform NFC

    if (version == QChar::Unicode_Unassigned) {
        version = QChar::currentUnicodeVersion();
    } else if (int(version) <= NormalizationCorrectionsVersionMax) {
        const QString &s = *data;
        QChar *d = nullptr;
        for (int i = 0; i < NumNormalizationCorrections; ++i) {
            const NormalizationCorrection &n = uc_normalization_corrections[i];
            if (n.version > version) {
                int pos = from;
                if (QChar::requiresSurrogates(n.ucs4)) {
                    ushort ucs4High = QChar::highSurrogate(n.ucs4);
                    ushort ucs4Low = QChar::lowSurrogate(n.ucs4);
                    ushort oldHigh = QChar::highSurrogate(n.old_mapping);
                    ushort oldLow = QChar::lowSurrogate(n.old_mapping);
                    while (pos < s.length() - 1) {
                        if (s.at(pos).unicode() == ucs4High && s.at(pos + 1).unicode() == ucs4Low) {
                            if (!d)
                                d = data->data();
                            d[pos] = QChar(oldHigh);
                            d[++pos] = QChar(oldLow);
                        }
                        ++pos;
                    }
                } else {
                    while (pos < s.length()) {
                        if (s.at(pos).unicode() == n.ucs4) {
                            if (!d)
                                d = data->data();
                            d[pos] = QChar(n.old_mapping);
                        }
                        ++pos;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    if (normalizationQuickCheckHelper(data, mode, from, &from))
        return;

    decomposeHelper(data, mode < QString::NormalizationForm_KD, version, from);

    canonicalOrderHelper(data, version, from);

    if (mode == QString::NormalizationForm_D || mode == QString::NormalizationForm_KD)
        return;

    composeHelper(data, version, from);
}

/*!
    Returns the string in the given Unicode normalization \a mode,
    according to the given \a version of the Unicode standard.
*/
QString QString::normalized(QString::NormalizationForm mode, QChar::UnicodeVersion version) const
{
    QString copy = *this;
    qt_string_normalize(&copy, mode, version, 0);
    return copy;
}


struct ArgEscapeData
{
    int min_escape;            // lowest escape sequence number
    int occurrences;           // number of occurrences of the lowest escape sequence number
    int locale_occurrences;    // number of occurrences of the lowest escape sequence number that
                               // contain 'L'
    int escape_len;            // total length of escape sequences which will be replaced
};

static ArgEscapeData findArgEscapes(QStringView s)
{
    const QChar *uc_begin = s.begin();
    const QChar *uc_end = s.end();

    ArgEscapeData d;

    d.min_escape = INT_MAX;
    d.occurrences = 0;
    d.escape_len = 0;
    d.locale_occurrences = 0;

    const QChar *c = uc_begin;
    while (c != uc_end) {
        while (c != uc_end && c->unicode() != '%')
            ++c;

        if (c == uc_end)
            break;
        const QChar *escape_start = c;
        if (++c == uc_end)
            break;

        bool locale_arg = false;
        if (c->unicode() == 'L') {
            locale_arg = true;
            if (++c == uc_end)
                break;
        }

        int escape = c->digitValue();
        if (escape == -1)
            continue;

        ++c;

        if (c != uc_end) {
            int next_escape = c->digitValue();
            if (next_escape != -1) {
                escape = (10 * escape) + next_escape;
                ++c;
            }
        }

        if (escape > d.min_escape)
            continue;

        if (escape < d.min_escape) {
            d.min_escape = escape;
            d.occurrences = 0;
            d.escape_len = 0;
            d.locale_occurrences = 0;
        }

        ++d.occurrences;
        if (locale_arg)
            ++d.locale_occurrences;
        d.escape_len += c - escape_start;
    }
    return d;
}

static QString replaceArgEscapes(QStringView s, const ArgEscapeData &d, int field_width,
                                 QStringView arg, QStringView larg, QChar fillChar)
{
    const QChar *uc_begin = s.begin();
    const QChar *uc_end = s.end();

    int abs_field_width = qAbs(field_width);
    int result_len = s.length()
                     - d.escape_len
                     + (d.occurrences - d.locale_occurrences)
                     *qMax(abs_field_width, arg.length())
                     + d.locale_occurrences
                     *qMax(abs_field_width, larg.length());

    QString result(result_len, Qt::Uninitialized);
    QChar *result_buff = (QChar*) result.unicode();

    QChar *rc = result_buff;
    const QChar *c = uc_begin;
    int repl_cnt = 0;
    while (c != uc_end) {
        /* We don't have to check if we run off the end of the string with c,
           because as long as d.occurrences > 0 we KNOW there are valid escape
           sequences. */

        const QChar *text_start = c;

        while (c->unicode() != '%')
            ++c;

        const QChar *escape_start = c++;

        bool locale_arg = false;
        if (c->unicode() == 'L') {
            locale_arg = true;
            ++c;
        }

        int escape = c->digitValue();
        if (escape != -1) {
            if (c + 1 != uc_end && (c + 1)->digitValue() != -1) {
                escape = (10 * escape) + (c + 1)->digitValue();
                ++c;
            }
        }

        if (escape != d.min_escape) {
            memcpy(rc, text_start, (c - text_start)*sizeof(QChar));
            rc += c - text_start;
        }
        else {
            ++c;

            memcpy(rc, text_start, (escape_start - text_start)*sizeof(QChar));
            rc += escape_start - text_start;

            uint pad_chars;
            if (locale_arg)
                pad_chars = qMax(abs_field_width, larg.length()) - larg.length();
            else
                pad_chars = qMax(abs_field_width, arg.length()) - arg.length();

            if (field_width > 0) { // left padded
                for (uint i = 0; i < pad_chars; ++i)
                    (rc++)->unicode() = fillChar.unicode();
            }

            if (locale_arg) {
                memcpy(rc, larg.data(), larg.length()*sizeof(QChar));
                rc += larg.length();
            }
            else {
                memcpy(rc, arg.data(), arg.length()*sizeof(QChar));
                rc += arg.length();
            }

            if (field_width < 0) { // right padded
                for (uint i = 0; i < pad_chars; ++i)
                    (rc++)->unicode() = fillChar.unicode();
            }

            if (++repl_cnt == d.occurrences) {
                memcpy(rc, c, (uc_end - c)*sizeof(QChar));
                rc += uc_end - c;
                Q_ASSERT(rc - result_buff == result_len);
                c = uc_end;
            }
        }
    }
    Q_ASSERT(rc == result_buff + result_len);

    return result;
}

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*!
  Returns a copy of this string with the lowest numbered place marker
  replaced by string \a a, i.e., \c %1, \c %2, ..., \c %99.

  \a fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that argument \a
  a shall occupy. If \a a requires less space than \a fieldWidth, it
  is padded to \a fieldWidth with character \a fillChar.  A positive
  \a fieldWidth produces right-aligned text. A negative \a fieldWidth
  produces left-aligned text.

  This example shows how we might create a \c status string for
  reporting progress while processing a list of files:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 11

  First, \c arg(i) replaces \c %1. Then \c arg(total) replaces \c
  %2. Finally, \c arg(fileName) replaces \c %3.

  One advantage of using arg() over asprintf() is that the order of the
  numbered place markers can change, if the application's strings are
  translated into other languages, but each arg() will still replace
  the lowest numbered unreplaced place marker, no matter where it
  appears. Also, if place marker \c %i appears more than once in the
  string, the arg() replaces all of them.

  If there is no unreplaced place marker remaining, a warning message
  is output and the result is undefined. Place marker numbers must be
  in the range 1 to 99.
*/
QString QString::arg(const QString &a, int fieldWidth, QChar fillChar) const
{
    return arg(qToStringViewIgnoringNull(a), fieldWidth, fillChar);
}
#endif // QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.10

    Returns a copy of this string with the lowest-numbered place-marker
    replaced by string \a a, i.e., \c %1, \c %2, ..., \c %99.

    \a fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that \a a
    shall occupy. If \a a requires less space than \a fieldWidth, it
    is padded to \a fieldWidth with character \a fillChar.  A positive
    \a fieldWidth produces right-aligned text. A negative \a fieldWidth
    produces left-aligned text.

    This example shows how we might create a \c status string for
    reporting progress while processing a list of files:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 11-qstringview

    First, \c arg(i) replaces \c %1. Then \c arg(total) replaces \c
    %2. Finally, \c arg(fileName) replaces \c %3.

    One advantage of using arg() over asprintf() is that the order of the
    numbered place markers can change, if the application's strings are
    translated into other languages, but each arg() will still replace
    the lowest-numbered unreplaced place-marker, no matter where it
    appears. Also, if place-marker \c %i appears more than once in the
    string, arg() replaces all of them.

    If there is no unreplaced place-marker remaining, a warning message
    is printed and the result is undefined. Place-marker numbers must be
    in the range 1 to 99.
*/
QString QString::arg(QStringView a, int fieldWidth, QChar fillChar) const
{
    ArgEscapeData d = findArgEscapes(*this);

    if (Q_UNLIKELY(d.occurrences == 0)) {
        qWarning("QString::arg: Argument missing: %ls, %ls", qUtf16Printable(*this),
                  qUtf16Printable(a.toString()));
        return *this;
    }
    return replaceArgEscapes(*this, d, fieldWidth, a, a, fillChar);
}

/*!
    \overload
    \since 5.10

    Returns a copy of this string with the lowest-numbered place-marker
    replaced by string \a a, i.e., \c %1, \c %2, ..., \c %99.

    \a fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that \a a
    shall occupy. If \a a requires less space than \a fieldWidth, it
    is padded to \a fieldWidth with character \a fillChar.  A positive
    \a fieldWidth produces right-aligned text. A negative \a fieldWidth
    produces left-aligned text.

    One advantage of using arg() over asprintf() is that the order of the
    numbered place markers can change, if the application's strings are
    translated into other languages, but each arg() will still replace
    the lowest-numbered unreplaced place-marker, no matter where it
    appears. Also, if place-marker \c %i appears more than once in the
    string, arg() replaces all of them.

    If there is no unreplaced place-marker remaining, a warning message
    is printed and the result is undefined. Place-marker numbers must be
    in the range 1 to 99.
*/
QString QString::arg(QLatin1String a, int fieldWidth, QChar fillChar) const
{
    QVarLengthArray<ushort> utf16(a.size());
    qt_from_latin1(utf16.data(), a.data(), a.size());
    return arg(QStringView(utf16.data(), utf16.size()), fieldWidth, fillChar);
}

/*!
  \fn QString QString::arg(const QString& a1, const QString& a2) const
  \overload arg()

  This is the same as \c {str.arg(a1).arg(a2)}, except that the
  strings \a a1 and \a a2 are replaced in one pass. This can make a
  difference if \a a1 contains e.g. \c{%1}:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 13

  A similar problem occurs when the numbered place markers are not
  white space separated:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 12
  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 97

  Let's look at the substitutions:
  \list
  \li First, \c Hello replaces \c {%1} so the string becomes \c {"Hello%3%2"}.
  \li Then, \c 20 replaces \c {%2} so the string becomes \c {"Hello%320"}.
  \li Since the maximum numbered place marker value is 99, \c 50 replaces \c {%32}.
  \endlist
  Thus the string finally becomes \c {"Hello500"}.

  In such cases, the following yields the expected results:

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 12
  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 98
*/

/*!
  \fn QString QString::arg(const QString& a1, const QString& a2, const QString& a3) const
  \overload arg()

  This is the same as calling \c str.arg(a1).arg(a2).arg(a3), except
  that the strings \a a1, \a a2 and \a a3 are replaced in one pass.
*/

/*!
  \fn QString QString::arg(const QString& a1, const QString& a2, const QString& a3, const QString& a4) const
  \overload arg()

  This is the same as calling \c
  {str.arg(a1).arg(a2).arg(a3).arg(a4)}, except that the strings \a
  a1, \a a2, \a a3 and \a a4 are replaced in one pass.
*/

/*!
  \fn QString QString::arg(const QString& a1, const QString& a2, const QString& a3, const QString& a4, const QString& a5) const
  \overload arg()

  This is the same as calling \c
  {str.arg(a1).arg(a2).arg(a3).arg(a4).arg(a5)}, except that the strings
  \a a1, \a a2, \a a3, \a a4, and \a a5 are replaced in one pass.
*/

/*!
  \fn QString QString::arg(const QString& a1, const QString& a2, const QString& a3, const QString& a4, const QString& a5, const QString& a6) const
  \overload arg()

  This is the same as calling \c
  {str.arg(a1).arg(a2).arg(a3).arg(a4).arg(a5).arg(a6))}, except that
  the strings \a a1, \a a2, \a a3, \a a4, \a a5, and \a a6 are
  replaced in one pass.
*/

/*!
  \fn QString QString::arg(const QString& a1, const QString& a2, const QString& a3, const QString& a4, const QString& a5, const QString& a6, const QString& a7) const
  \overload arg()

  This is the same as calling \c
  {str.arg(a1).arg(a2).arg(a3).arg(a4).arg(a5).arg(a6).arg(a7)},
  except that the strings \a a1, \a a2, \a a3, \a a4, \a a5, \a a6,
  and \a a7 are replaced in one pass.
*/

/*!
  \fn QString QString::arg(const QString& a1, const QString& a2, const QString& a3, const QString& a4, const QString& a5, const QString& a6, const QString& a7, const QString& a8) const
  \overload arg()

  This is the same as calling \c
  {str.arg(a1).arg(a2).arg(a3).arg(a4).arg(a5).arg(a6).arg(a7).arg(a8)},
  except that the strings \a a1, \a a2, \a a3, \a a4, \a a5, \a a6, \a
  a7, and \a a8 are replaced in one pass.
*/

/*!
  \fn QString QString::arg(const QString& a1, const QString& a2, const QString& a3, const QString& a4, const QString& a5, const QString& a6, const QString& a7, const QString& a8, const QString& a9) const
  \overload arg()

  This is the same as calling \c
  {str.arg(a1).arg(a2).arg(a3).arg(a4).arg(a5).arg(a6).arg(a7).arg(a8).arg(a9)},
  except that the strings \a a1, \a a2, \a a3, \a a4, \a a5, \a a6, \a
  a7, \a a8, and \a a9 are replaced in one pass.
*/

/*! \fn QString QString::arg(int a, int fieldWidth, int base, QChar fillChar) const
  \overload arg()

  The \a a argument is expressed in base \a base, which is 10 by
  default and must be between 2 and 36. For bases other than 10, \a a
  is treated as an unsigned integer.

  \a fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that \a a is
  padded to and filled with the character \a fillChar. A positive
  value produces right-aligned text; a negative value produces
  left-aligned text.

  The '%' can be followed by an 'L', in which case the sequence is
  replaced with a localized representation of \a a. The conversion
  uses the default locale, set by QLocale::setDefault(). If no default
  locale was specified, the "C" locale is used. The 'L' flag is
  ignored if \a base is not 10.

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 12
  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 14

  If \a fillChar is '0' (the number 0, ASCII 48), the locale's zero is
  used. For negative numbers, zero padding might appear before the
  minus sign.
*/

/*! \fn QString QString::arg(uint a, int fieldWidth, int base, QChar fillChar) const
  \overload arg()

  The \a base argument specifies the base to use when converting the
  integer \a a into a string. The base must be between 2 and 36.

  If \a fillChar is '0' (the number 0, ASCII 48), the locale's zero is
  used. For negative numbers, zero padding might appear before the
  minus sign.
*/

/*! \fn QString QString::arg(long a, int fieldWidth, int base, QChar fillChar) const
  \overload arg()

  \a fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that \a a is
  padded to and filled with the character \a fillChar. A positive
  value produces right-aligned text; a negative value produces
  left-aligned text.

  The \a a argument is expressed in the given \a base, which is 10 by
  default and must be between 2 and 36.

  The '%' can be followed by an 'L', in which case the sequence is
  replaced with a localized representation of \a a. The conversion
  uses the default locale. The default locale is determined from the
  system's locale settings at application startup. It can be changed
  using QLocale::setDefault(). The 'L' flag is ignored if \a base is
  not 10.

  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 12
  \snippet qstring/main.cpp 14

  If \a fillChar is '0' (the number 0, ASCII 48), the locale's zero is
  used. For negative numbers, zero padding might appear before the
  minus sign.
*/

/*! \fn QString QString::arg(ulong a, int fieldWidth, int base, QChar fillChar) const
  \overload arg()

  \a fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that \a a is
  padded to and filled with the character \a fillChar. A positive
  value produces right-aligned text; a negative value produces
  left-aligned text.

  The \a base argument specifies the base to use when converting the
  integer \a a to a string. The base must be between 2 and 36, with 8
  giving octal, 10 decimal, and 16 hexadecimal numbers.

  If \a fillChar is '0' (the number 0, ASCII 48), the locale's zero is
  used. For negative numbers, zero padding might appear before the
  minus sign.
*/

/*!
  \overload arg()

  \a fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that \a a is
  padded to and filled with the character \a fillChar. A positive
  value produces right-aligned text; a negative value produces
  left-aligned text.

  The \a base argument specifies the base to use when converting the
  integer \a a into a string. The base must be between 2 and 36, with
  8 giving octal, 10 decimal, and 16 hexadecimal numbers.

  If \a fillChar is '0' (the number 0, ASCII 48), the locale's zero is
  used. For negative numbers, zero padding might appear before the
  minus sign.
*/
QString QString::arg(qlonglong a, int fieldWidth, int base, QChar fillChar) const
{
    ArgEscapeData d = findArgEscapes(*this);

    if (d.occurrences == 0) {
        qWarning() << "QString::arg: Argument missing:" << *this << ',' << a;
        return *this;
    }

    unsigned flags = QLocaleData::NoFlags;
    if (fillChar == QLatin1Char('0'))
        flags = QLocaleData::ZeroPadded;

    QString arg;
    if (d.occurrences > d.locale_occurrences)
        arg = QLocaleData::c()->longLongToString(a, -1, base, fieldWidth, flags);

    QString locale_arg;
    if (d.locale_occurrences > 0) {
        QLocale locale;
        if (!(locale.numberOptions() & QLocale::OmitGroupSeparator))
            flags |= QLocaleData::ThousandsGroup;
        locale_arg = locale.d->m_data->longLongToString(a, -1, base, fieldWidth, flags);
    }

    return replaceArgEscapes(*this, d, fieldWidth, arg, locale_arg, fillChar);
}

/*!
  \overload arg()

  \a fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that \a a is
  padded to and filled with the character \a fillChar. A positive
  value produces right-aligned text; a negative value produces
  left-aligned text.

  The \a base argument specifies the base to use when converting the
  integer \a a into a string. \a base must be between 2 and 36, with 8
  giving octal, 10 decimal, and 16 hexadecimal numbers.

  If \a fillChar is '0' (the number 0, ASCII 48), the locale's zero is
  used. For negative numbers, zero padding might appear before the
  minus sign.
*/
QString QString::arg(qulonglong a, int fieldWidth, int base, QChar fillChar) const
{
    ArgEscapeData d = findArgEscapes(*this);

    if (d.occurrences == 0) {
        qWarning() << "QString::arg: Argument missing:" << *this << ',' << a;
        return *this;
    }

    unsigned flags = QLocaleData::NoFlags;
    if (fillChar == QLatin1Char('0'))
        flags = QLocaleData::ZeroPadded;

    QString arg;
    if (d.occurrences > d.locale_occurrences)
        arg = QLocaleData::c()->unsLongLongToString(a, -1, base, fieldWidth, flags);

    QString locale_arg;
    if (d.locale_occurrences > 0) {
        QLocale locale;
        if (!(locale.numberOptions() & QLocale::OmitGroupSeparator))
            flags |= QLocaleData::ThousandsGroup;
        locale_arg = locale.d->m_data->unsLongLongToString(a, -1, base, fieldWidth, flags);
    }

    return replaceArgEscapes(*this, d, fieldWidth, arg, locale_arg, fillChar);
}

/*!
  \overload arg()

  \fn QString QString::arg(short a, int fieldWidth, int base, QChar fillChar) const

  \a fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that \a a is
  padded to and filled with the character \a fillChar. A positive
  value produces right-aligned text; a negative value produces
  left-aligned text.

  The \a base argument specifies the base to use when converting the
  integer \a a into a string. The base must be between 2 and 36, with
  8 giving octal, 10 decimal, and 16 hexadecimal numbers.

  If \a fillChar is '0' (the number 0, ASCII 48), the locale's zero is
  used. For negative numbers, zero padding might appear before the
  minus sign.
*/

/*!
  \fn QString QString::arg(ushort a, int fieldWidth, int base, QChar fillChar) const
  \overload arg()

  \a fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that \a a is
  padded to and filled with the character \a fillChar. A positive
  value produces right-aligned text; a negative value produces
  left-aligned text.

  The \a base argument specifies the base to use when converting the
  integer \a a into a string. The base must be between 2 and 36, with
  8 giving octal, 10 decimal, and 16 hexadecimal numbers.

  If \a fillChar is '0' (the number 0, ASCII 48), the locale's zero is
  used. For negative numbers, zero padding might appear before the
  minus sign.
*/

/*!
    \overload arg()
*/
QString QString::arg(QChar a, int fieldWidth, QChar fillChar) const
{
    return arg(QStringView{&a, 1}, fieldWidth, fillChar);
}

/*!
  \overload arg()

  The \a a argument is interpreted as a Latin-1 character.
*/
QString QString::arg(char a, int fieldWidth, QChar fillChar) const
{
    return arg(QLatin1Char(a), fieldWidth, fillChar);
}

/*!
  \fn QString QString::arg(double a, int fieldWidth, char format, int precision, QChar fillChar) const
  \overload arg()

  Argument \a a is formatted according to the specified \a format and
  \a precision. See \l{Argument Formats} for details.

  \a fieldWidth specifies the minimum amount of space that \a a is
  padded to and filled with the character \a fillChar.  A positive
  value produces right-aligned text; a negative value produces
  left-aligned text.

  \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qstring.cpp 2

  The '%' can be followed by an 'L', in which case the sequence is
  replaced with a localized representation of \a a. The conversion
  uses the default locale, set by QLocale::setDefault(). If no
  default locale was specified, the "C" locale is used.

  If \a fillChar is '0' (the number 0, ASCII 48), this function will
  use the locale's zero to pad. For negative numbers, the zero padding
  will probably appear before the minus sign.

  \sa QLocale::toString()
*/
QString QString::arg(double a, int fieldWidth, char fmt, int prec, QChar fillChar) const
{
    ArgEscapeData d = findArgEscapes(*this);

    if (d.occurrences == 0) {
        qWarning("QString::arg: Argument missing: %s, %g", toLocal8Bit().data(), a);
        return *this;
    }

    unsigned flags = QLocaleData::NoFlags;
    if (fillChar == QLatin1Char('0'))
        flags |= QLocaleData::ZeroPadded;

    if (qIsUpper(fmt))
        flags |= QLocaleData::CapitalEorX;

    QLocaleData::DoubleForm form = QLocaleData::DFDecimal;
    switch (qToLower(fmt)) {
    case 'f':
        form = QLocaleData::DFDecimal;
        break;
    case 'e':
        form = QLocaleData::DFExponent;
        break;
    case 'g':
        form = QLocaleData::DFSignificantDigits;
        break;
    default:
#if defined(QT_CHECK_RANGE)
        qWarning("QString::arg: Invalid format char '%c'", fmt);
#endif
        break;
    }

    QString arg;
    if (d.occurrences > d.locale_occurrences)
        arg = QLocaleData::c()->doubleToString(a, prec, form, fieldWidth, flags | QLocaleData::ZeroPadExponent);

    QString locale_arg;
    if (d.locale_occurrences > 0) {
        QLocale locale;

        const QLocale::NumberOptions numberOptions = locale.numberOptions();
        if (!(numberOptions & QLocale::OmitGroupSeparator))
            flags |= QLocaleData::ThousandsGroup;
        if (!(numberOptions & QLocale::OmitLeadingZeroInExponent))
            flags |= QLocaleData::ZeroPadExponent;
        if (numberOptions & QLocale::IncludeTrailingZeroesAfterDot)
            flags |= QLocaleData::AddTrailingZeroes;
        locale_arg = locale.d->m_data->doubleToString(a, prec, form, fieldWidth, flags);
    }

    return replaceArgEscapes(*this, d, fieldWidth, arg, locale_arg, fillChar);
}

static inline ushort to_unicode(const QChar c) { return c.unicode(); }
static inline ushort to_unicode(const char c) { return QLatin1Char{c}.unicode(); }

template <typename Char>
static int getEscape(const Char *uc, qsizetype *pos, qsizetype len, int maxNumber = 999)
{
    int i = *pos;
    ++i;
    if (i < len && uc[i] == QLatin1Char('L'))
        ++i;
    if (i < len) {
        int escape = to_unicode(uc[i]) - '0';
        if (uint(escape) >= 10U)
            return -1;
        ++i;
        while (i < len) {
            int digit = to_unicode(uc[i]) - '0';
            if (uint(digit) >= 10U)
                break;
            escape = (escape * 10) + digit;
            ++i;
        }
        if (escape <= maxNumber) {
            *pos = i;
            return escape;
        }
    }
    return -1;
}

/*
    Algorithm for multiArg:

    1. Parse the string as a sequence of verbatim text and placeholders (%L?\d{,3}).
       The L is parsed and accepted for compatibility with non-multi-arg, but since
       multiArg only accepts strings as replacements, the localization request can
       be safely ignored.
    2. The result of step (1) is a list of (string-ref,int)-tuples. The string-ref
       either points at text to be copied verbatim (in which case the int is -1),
       or, initially, at the textual representation of the placeholder. In that case,
       the int contains the numerical number as parsed from the placeholder.
    3. Next, collect all the non-negative ints found, sort them in ascending order and
       remove duplicates.
       3a. If the result has more entires than multiArg() was given replacement strings,
           we have found placeholders we can't satisfy with replacement strings. That is
           fine (there could be another .arg() call coming after this one), so just
           truncate the result to the number of actual multiArg() replacement strings.
       3b. If the result has less entries than multiArg() was given replacement strings,
           the string is missing placeholders. This is an error that the user should be
           warned about.
    4. The result of step (3) is a mapping from the index of any replacement string to
       placeholder number. This is the wrong way around, but since placeholder
       numbers could get as large as 999, while we typically don't have more than 9
       replacement strings, we trade 4K of sparsely-used memory for doing a reverse lookup
       each time we need to map a placeholder number to a replacement string index
       (that's a linear search; but still *much* faster than using an associative container).
    5. Next, for each of the tuples found in step (1), do the following:
       5a. If the int is negative, do nothing.
       5b. Otherwise, if the int is found in the result of step (3) at index I, replace
           the string-ref with a string-ref for the (complete) I'th replacement string.
       5c. Otherwise, do nothing.
    6. Concatenate all string refs into a single result string.
*/

namespace {
struct Part
{
    Part() = default; // for QVarLengthArray; do not use
    Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR Part(QStringView s, int num = -1)
        : tag{QtPrivate::ArgBase::U16}, number{num}, data{s.utf16()}, size{s.size()} {}
    Q_DECL_CONSTEXPR Part(QLatin1String s, int num = -1)
        : tag{QtPrivate::ArgBase::L1}, number{num}, data{s.data()}, size{s.size()} {}

    void reset(QStringView s) noexcept { *this = {s, number}; }
    void reset(QLatin1String s) noexcept { *this = {s, number}; }

    QtPrivate::ArgBase::Tag tag;
    int number;
    const void *data;
    qsizetype size;
};
} // unnamed namespace

Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(Part, Q_PRIMITIVE_TYPE);

namespace {

enum { ExpectedParts = 32 };

typedef QVarLengthArray<Part, ExpectedParts> ParseResult;
typedef QVarLengthArray<int, ExpectedParts/2> ArgIndexToPlaceholderMap;

template <typename StringView>
static ParseResult parseMultiArgFormatString(StringView s)
{
    ParseResult result;

    const auto uc = s.data();
    const auto len = s.size();
    const auto end = len - 1;
    qsizetype i = 0;
    qsizetype last = 0;

    while (i < end) {
        if (uc[i] == QLatin1Char('%')) {
            qsizetype percent = i;
            int number = getEscape(uc, &i, len);
            if (number != -1) {
                if (last != percent)
                    result.push_back(Part{s.mid(last, percent - last)}); // literal text (incl. failed placeholders)
                result.push_back(Part{s.mid(percent, i - percent), number});  // parsed placeholder
                last = i;
                continue;
            }
        }
        ++i;
    }

    if (last < len)
        result.push_back(Part{s.mid(last, len - last)}); // trailing literal text

    return result;
}

static ArgIndexToPlaceholderMap makeArgIndexToPlaceholderMap(const ParseResult &parts)
{
    ArgIndexToPlaceholderMap result;

    for (Part part : parts) {
        if (part.number >= 0)
            result.push_back(part.number);
    }

    std::sort(result.begin(), result.end());
    result.erase(std::unique(result.begin(), result.end()),
                 result.end());

    return result;
}

static qsizetype resolveStringRefsAndReturnTotalSize(ParseResult &parts, const ArgIndexToPlaceholderMap &argIndexToPlaceholderMap, const QtPrivate::ArgBase *args[])
{
    using namespace QtPrivate;
    qsizetype totalSize = 0;
    for (Part &part : parts) {
        if (part.number != -1) {
            const auto it = std::find(argIndexToPlaceholderMap.begin(), argIndexToPlaceholderMap.end(), part.number);
            if (it != argIndexToPlaceholderMap.end()) {
                const auto &arg = *args[it - argIndexToPlaceholderMap.begin()];
                switch (arg.tag) {
                case ArgBase::L1:
                    part.reset(static_cast<const QLatin1StringArg&>(arg).string);
                    break;
                case ArgBase::U8:
                    Q_UNREACHABLE(); // waiting for QUtf8String...
                    break;
                case ArgBase::U16:
                    part.reset(static_cast<const QStringViewArg&>(arg).string);
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        totalSize += part.size;
    }
    return totalSize;
}

} // unnamed namespace

#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
QString QString::multiArg(int numArgs, const QString **args) const
{
    QVarLengthArray<QtPrivate::QStringViewArg, 9> sva;
    sva.reserve(numArgs);
    QVarLengthArray<const QtPrivate::ArgBase *, 9> pointers;
    pointers.reserve(numArgs);
    for (int i = 0; i < numArgs; ++i) {
        sva.push_back(QtPrivate::qStringLikeToArg(*args[i]));
        pointers.push_back(&sva.back());
    }
    return QtPrivate::argToQString(qToStringViewIgnoringNull(*this), static_cast<size_t>(numArgs), pointers.data());
}
#endif

Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QString to_string(QLatin1String s) noexcept { return s; }
Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QString to_string(QStringView s) noexcept { return s.toString(); }

template <typename StringView>
static QString argToQStringImpl(StringView pattern, size_t numArgs, const QtPrivate::ArgBase **args)
{
    // Step 1-2 above
    ParseResult parts = parseMultiArgFormatString(pattern);

    // 3-4
    ArgIndexToPlaceholderMap argIndexToPlaceholderMap = makeArgIndexToPlaceholderMap(parts);

    if (static_cast<size_t>(argIndexToPlaceholderMap.size()) > numArgs) // 3a
        argIndexToPlaceholderMap.resize(int(numArgs));
    else if (Q_UNLIKELY(static_cast<size_t>(argIndexToPlaceholderMap.size()) < numArgs)) // 3b
        qWarning("QString::arg: %d argument(s) missing in %ls",
                 int(numArgs - argIndexToPlaceholderMap.size()), qUtf16Printable(to_string(pattern)));

    // 5
    const qsizetype totalSize = resolveStringRefsAndReturnTotalSize(parts, argIndexToPlaceholderMap, args);

    // 6:
    QString result(totalSize, Qt::Uninitialized);
    auto out = const_cast<QChar*>(result.constData());

    for (Part part : parts) {
        switch (part.tag) {
        case QtPrivate::ArgBase::L1:
            if (part.size) {
                qt_from_latin1(reinterpret_cast<ushort*>(out),
                               reinterpret_cast<const char*>(part.data), part.size);
            }
            break;
        case QtPrivate::ArgBase::U8:
            Q_UNREACHABLE(); // waiting for QUtf8String
            break;
        case QtPrivate::ArgBase::U16:
            if (part.size)
                memcpy(out, part.data, part.size * sizeof(QChar));
            break;
        }
        out += part.size;
    }

    return result;
}

QString QtPrivate::argToQString(QStringView pattern, size_t n, const ArgBase **args)
{
    return argToQStringImpl(pattern, n, args);
}

QString QtPrivate::argToQString(QLatin1String pattern, size_t n, const ArgBase **args)
{
    return argToQStringImpl(pattern, n, args);
}

/*! \fn bool QString::isSimpleText() const

    \internal
*/
bool QString::isSimpleText() const
{
    const ushort *p = d->data();
    const ushort * const end = p + d->size;
    while (p < end) {
        ushort uc = *p;
        // sort out regions of complex text formatting
        if (uc > 0x058f && (uc < 0x1100 || uc > 0xfb0f)) {
            return false;
        }
        p++;
    }

    return true;
}

/*! \fn bool QString::isRightToLeft() const

    Returns \c true if the string is read right to left.

    \sa QStringRef::isRightToLeft()
*/
bool QString::isRightToLeft() const
{
    return QtPrivate::isRightToLeft(QStringView(*this));
}

/*!
    \fn bool QString::isValidUtf16() const noexcept
    \since 5.15

    Returns \c true if the string contains valid UTF-16 encoded data,
    or \c false otherwise.

    Note that this function does not perform any special validation of the
    data; it merely checks if it can be successfully decoded from UTF-16.
    The data is assumed to be in host byte order; the presence of a BOM
    is meaningless.

    \sa QStringView::isValidUtf16()
*/

/*! \fn QChar *QString::data()

    Returns a pointer to the data stored in the QString. The pointer
    can be used to access and modify the characters that compose the
    string.

    Unlike constData() and unicode(), the returned data is always
    '\\0'-terminated.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 19

    Note that the pointer remains valid only as long as the string is
    not modified by other means. For read-only access, constData() is
    faster because it never causes a \l{deep copy} to occur.

    \sa constData(), operator[]()
*/

/*! \fn const QChar *QString::data() const

    \overload

    \note The returned string may not be '\\0'-terminated.
    Use size() to determine the length of the array.

    \sa fromRawData()
*/

/*! \fn const QChar *QString::constData() const

    Returns a pointer to the data stored in the QString. The pointer
    can be used to access the characters that compose the string.

    Note that the pointer remains valid only as long as the string is
    not modified.

    \note The returned string may not be '\\0'-terminated.
    Use size() to determine the length of the array.

    \sa data(), operator[](), fromRawData()
*/

/*! \fn void QString::push_front(const QString &other)

    This function is provided for STL compatibility, prepending the
    given \a other string to the beginning of this string. It is
    equivalent to \c prepend(other).

    \sa prepend()
*/

/*! \fn void QString::push_front(QChar ch)

    \overload

    Prepends the given \a ch character to the beginning of this string.
*/

/*! \fn void QString::push_back(const QString &other)

    This function is provided for STL compatibility, appending the
    given \a other string onto the end of this string. It is
    equivalent to \c append(other).

    \sa append()
*/

/*! \fn void QString::push_back(QChar ch)

    \overload

    Appends the given \a ch character onto the end of this string.
*/

/*! \fn void QString::shrink_to_fit()
    \since 5.10

    This function is provided for STL compatibility. It is
    equivalent to squeeze().

    \sa squeeze()
*/

/*!
    \fn std::string QString::toStdString() const

    Returns a std::string object with the data contained in this
    QString. The Unicode data is converted into 8-bit characters using
    the toUtf8() function.

    This method is mostly useful to pass a QString to a function
    that accepts a std::string object.

    \sa toLatin1(), toUtf8(), toLocal8Bit(), QByteArray::toStdString()
*/

/*!
    Constructs a QString that uses the first \a size Unicode characters
    in the array \a unicode. The data in \a unicode is \e not
    copied. The caller must be able to guarantee that \a unicode will
    not be deleted or modified as long as the QString (or an
    unmodified copy of it) exists.

    Any attempts to modify the QString or copies of it will cause it
    to create a deep copy of the data, ensuring that the raw data
    isn't modified.

    Here is an example of how we can use a QRegularExpression on raw data in
    memory without requiring to copy the data into a QString:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 22
    \snippet qstring/main.cpp 23

    \warning A string created with fromRawData() is \e not
    '\\0'-terminated, unless the raw data contains a '\\0' character
    at position \a size. This means unicode() will \e not return a
    '\\0'-terminated string (although utf16() does, at the cost of
    copying the raw data).

    \sa fromUtf16(), setRawData()
*/
QString QString::fromRawData(const QChar *unicode, int size)
{
    Data *x;
    if (!unicode) {
        x = Data::sharedNull();
    } else if (!size) {
        x = Data::allocate(0);
    } else {
        x = Data::fromRawData(reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(unicode), size);
        Q_CHECK_PTR(x);
    }
    QStringDataPtr dataPtr = { x };
    return QString(dataPtr);
}

/*!
    \since 4.7

    Resets the QString to use the first \a size Unicode characters
    in the array \a unicode. The data in \a unicode is \e not
    copied. The caller must be able to guarantee that \a unicode will
    not be deleted or modified as long as the QString (or an
    unmodified copy of it) exists.

    This function can be used instead of fromRawData() to re-use
    existings QString objects to save memory re-allocations.

    \sa fromRawData()
*/
QString &QString::setRawData(const QChar *unicode, int size)
{
    if (d->ref.isShared() || d->alloc) {
        *this = fromRawData(unicode, size);
    } else {
        if (unicode) {
            d->size = size;
            d->offset = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(unicode) - reinterpret_cast<char *>(d);
        } else {
            d->offset = sizeof(QStringData);
            d->size = 0;
        }
    }
    return *this;
}

/*! \fn QString QString::fromStdU16String(const std::u16string &str)
    \since 5.5

    Returns a copy of the \a str string. The given string is assumed
    to be encoded in UTF-16.

    \sa fromUtf16(), fromStdWString(), fromStdU32String()
*/

/*!
    \fn std::u16string QString::toStdU16String() const
    \since 5.5

    Returns a std::u16string object with the data contained in this
    QString. The Unicode data is the same as returned by the utf16()
    method.

    \sa utf16(), toStdWString(), toStdU32String()
*/

/*! \fn QString QString::fromStdU32String(const std::u32string &str)
    \since 5.5

    Returns a copy of the \a str string. The given string is assumed
    to be encoded in UCS-4.

    \sa fromUcs4(), fromStdWString(), fromStdU16String()
*/

/*!
    \fn std::u32string QString::toStdU32String() const
    \since 5.5

    Returns a std::u32string object with the data contained in this
    QString. The Unicode data is the same as returned by the toUcs4()
    method.

    \sa toUcs4(), toStdWString(), toStdU16String()
*/

/*! \class QLatin1String
    \inmodule QtCore
    \brief The QLatin1String class provides a thin wrapper around an US-ASCII/Latin-1 encoded string literal.

    \ingroup string-processing
    \reentrant

    Many of QString's member functions are overloaded to accept
    \c{const char *} instead of QString. This includes the copy
    constructor, the assignment operator, the comparison operators,
    and various other functions such as \l{QString::insert()}{insert()}, \l{QString::replace()}{replace()},
    and \l{QString::indexOf()}{indexOf()}. These functions
    are usually optimized to avoid constructing a QString object for
    the \c{const char *} data. For example, assuming \c str is a
    QString,

    \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qstring.cpp 3

    is much faster than

    \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qstring.cpp 4

    because it doesn't construct four temporary QString objects and
    make a deep copy of the character data.

    Applications that define \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII (as explained
    in the QString documentation) don't have access to QString's
    \c{const char *} API. To provide an efficient way of specifying
    constant Latin-1 strings, Qt provides the QLatin1String, which is
    just a very thin wrapper around a \c{const char *}. Using
    QLatin1String, the example code above becomes

    \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qstring.cpp 5

    This is a bit longer to type, but it provides exactly the same
    benefits as the first version of the code, and is faster than
    converting the Latin-1 strings using QString::fromLatin1().

    Thanks to the QString(QLatin1String) constructor,
    QLatin1String can be used everywhere a QString is expected. For
    example:

    \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qstring.cpp 6

    \note If the function you're calling with a QLatin1String
    argument isn't actually overloaded to take QLatin1String, the
    implicit conversion to QString will trigger a memory allocation,
    which is usually what you want to avoid by using QLatin1String
    in the first place. In those cases, using QStringLiteral may be
    the better option.

    \sa QString, QLatin1Char, {QStringLiteral()}{QStringLiteral}, QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \typedef QLatin1String::value_type
    \since 5.10

    Alias for \c{const char}. Provided for compatibility with the STL.
*/

/*!
    \typedef QLatin1String::difference_type
    \since 5.10

    Alias for \c{int}. Provided for compatibility with the STL.
*/

/*!
    \typedef QLatin1String::size_type
    \since 5.10

    Alias for \c{int}. Provided for compatibility with the STL.
*/

/*!
    \typedef QLatin1String::reference
    \since 5.10

    Alias for \c{value_type &}. Provided for compatibility with the STL.
*/

/*!
    \typedef QLatin1String::const_reference
    \since 5.11

    Alias for \c{reference}. Provided for compatibility with the STL.
*/

/*!
    \typedef QLatin1String::iterator
    \since 5.10

    QLatin1String does not support mutable iterators, so this is the same
    as const_iterator.

    \sa const_iterator, reverse_iterator
*/

/*!
    \typedef QLatin1String::const_iterator
    \since 5.10

    \sa iterator, const_reverse_iterator
*/

/*!
    \typedef QLatin1String::reverse_iterator
    \since 5.10

    QLatin1String does not support mutable reverse iterators, so this is the
    same as const_reverse_iterator.

    \sa const_reverse_iterator, iterator
*/

/*!
    \typedef QLatin1String::const_reverse_iterator
    \since 5.10

    \sa reverse_iterator, const_iterator
*/

/*! \fn QLatin1String::QLatin1String()
    \since 5.6

    Constructs a QLatin1String object that stores a nullptr.
*/

/*! \fn QLatin1String::QLatin1String(const char *str)

    Constructs a QLatin1String object that stores \a str.

    The string data is \e not copied. The caller must be able to
    guarantee that \a str will not be deleted or modified as long as
    the QLatin1String object exists.

    \sa latin1()
*/

/*! \fn QLatin1String::QLatin1String(const char *str, int size)

    Constructs a QLatin1String object that stores \a str with \a size.

    The string data is \e not copied. The caller must be able to
    guarantee that \a str will not be deleted or modified as long as
    the QLatin1String object exists.

    \sa latin1()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1String::QLatin1String(const char *first, const char *last)
    \since 5.10

    Constructs a QLatin1String object that stores \a first with length
    (\a last - \a first).

    The range \c{[first,last)} must remain valid for the lifetime of
    this Latin-1 string object.

    Passing \nullptr as \a first is safe if \a last is \nullptr,
    too, and results in a null Latin-1 string.

    The behavior is undefined if \a last precedes \a first, \a first
    is \nullptr and \a last is not, or if \c{last - first >
    INT_MAX}.
*/

/*! \fn QLatin1String::QLatin1String(const QByteArray &str)

    Constructs a QLatin1String object that stores \a str.

    The string data is \e not copied. The caller must be able to
    guarantee that \a str will not be deleted or modified as long as
    the QLatin1String object exists.

    \sa latin1()
*/

/*! \fn const char *QLatin1String::latin1() const

    Returns the Latin-1 string stored in this object.
*/

/*! \fn const char *QLatin1String::data() const

    Returns the Latin-1 string stored in this object.
*/

/*! \fn int QLatin1String::size() const

    Returns the size of the Latin-1 string stored in this object.
*/

/*! \fn bool QLatin1String::isNull() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns whether the Latin-1 string stored in this object is null
    (\c{data() == nullptr}) or not.

    \sa isEmpty(), data()
*/

/*! \fn bool QLatin1String::isEmpty() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns whether the Latin-1 string stored in this object is empty
    (\c{size() == 0}) or not.

    \sa isNull(), size()
*/

/*! \fn QLatin1Char QLatin1String::at(int pos) const
    \since 5.8

    Returns the character at position \a pos in this object.

    \note This function performs no error checking.
    The behavior is undefined when \a pos < 0 or \a pos >= size().

    \sa operator[]()
*/

/*! \fn QLatin1Char QLatin1String::operator[](int pos) const
    \since 5.8

    Returns the character at position \a pos in this object.

    \note This function performs no error checking.
    The behavior is undefined when \a pos < 0 or \a pos >= size().

    \sa at()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1Char QLatin1String::front() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns the first character in the string.
    Same as \c{at(0)}.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \warning Calling this function on an empty string constitutes
    undefined behavior.

    \sa back(), at(), operator[]()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1Char QLatin1String::back() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns the last character in the string.
    Same as \c{at(size() - 1)}.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \warning Calling this function on an empty string constitutes
    undefined behavior.

    \sa front(), at(), operator[]()
*/

/*!
    \fn int QLatin1String::compare(QStringView str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \fn int QLatin1String::compare(QLatin1String l1, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \fn int QLatin1String::compare(QChar ch) const
    \fn int QLatin1String::compare(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.14

    Returns an integer that compares to zero as this Latin-1 string compares to the
    string-view \a str, Latin-1 string \a l1, or character \a ch, respectively.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (the default), the comparison is case sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case-insensitive.

    \sa operator==(), operator<(), operator>()
*/


/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::startsWith(QStringView str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QLatin1String::startsWith(QLatin1String l1, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QLatin1String::startsWith(QChar ch) const
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QLatin1String::startsWith(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.10

    Returns \c true if this Latin-1 string starts with string-view \a str,
    Latin-1 string \a l1, or character \a ch, respectively;
    otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (the default), the search is case-sensitive;
    otherwise the search is case-insensitive.

    \sa endsWith()
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::endsWith(QStringView str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QLatin1String::endsWith(QLatin1String l1, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QLatin1String::endsWith(QChar ch) const
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QLatin1String::endsWith(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.10

    Returns \c true if this Latin-1 string ends with string-view \a str,
    Latin-1 string \a l1, or character \a ch, respectively;
    otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (the default), the search is case-sensitive;
    otherwise the search is case-insensitive.

    \sa startsWith()
*/

/*!
    \fn int QLatin1String::indexOf(QStringView str, int from = 0, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \fn int QLatin1String::indexOf(QLatin1String l1, int from = 0, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \fn int QLatin1String::indexOf(QChar c, int from = 0, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \since 5.14

    Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string-view \a str,
    Latin-1 string \a l1, or character \a ch, respectively, in this Latin-1 string,
    searching forward from index position \a from. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    If \a from is -1, the search starts at the last character; if it is
    -2, at the next to last character and so on.

    \sa QString::indexOf()
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::contains(QStringView str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \fn bool QLatin1String::contains(QLatin1String l1, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \fn bool QLatin1String::contains(QChar c, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.14

    Returns \c true if this Latin-1 string contains an occurrence of the string-view
    \a str, Latin-1 string \a l1, or character \a ch; otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (the default), the search is
    case-sensitive; otherwise the search is case-insensitive.

    \sa indexOf(), QStringView::contains(), QStringView::indexOf(), QString::indexOf()
*/

/*!
    \fn int QLatin1String::lastIndexOf(QStringView str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \fn int QLatin1String::lastIndexOf(QLatin1String l1, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \fn int QLatin1String::lastIndexOf(QChar c, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.14

    Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string-view \a str,
    Latin-1 string \a l1, or character \a ch, respectively, in this Latin-1 string,
    searching backward from index position \a from. If \a from is -1 (default),
    the search starts at the last character; if \a from is -2, at the next to last
    character and so on. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa indexOf(), QStringView::lastIndexOf(), QStringView::indexOf(), QString::indexOf()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1String::const_iterator QLatin1String::begin() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the first character in
    the string.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \sa end(), cbegin(), rbegin(), data()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1String::const_iterator QLatin1String::cbegin() const
    \since 5.10

    Same as begin().

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \sa cend(), begin(), crbegin(), data()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1String::const_iterator QLatin1String::end() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the imaginary
    character after the last character in the list.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \sa begin(), cend(), rend()
*/

/*! \fn QLatin1String::const_iterator QLatin1String::cend() const
    \since 5.10

    Same as end().

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \sa cbegin(), end(), crend()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1String::const_reverse_iterator QLatin1String::rbegin() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style} reverse iterator pointing to the first
    character in the string, in reverse order.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \sa rend(), crbegin(), begin()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1String::const_reverse_iterator QLatin1String::crbegin() const
    \since 5.10

    Same as rbegin().

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \sa crend(), rbegin(), cbegin()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1String::const_reverse_iterator QLatin1String::rend() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns a \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style} reverse iterator pointing to one past
    the last character in the string, in reverse order.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \sa rbegin(), crend(), end()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1String::const_reverse_iterator QLatin1String::crend() const
    \since 5.10

    Same as rend().

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \sa crbegin(), rend(), cend()
*/

/*! \fn QLatin1String QLatin1String::mid(int start) const
    \since 5.8

    Returns the substring starting at position \a start in this object,
    and extending to the end of the string.

    \note This function performs no error checking.
    The behavior is undefined when \a start < 0 or \a start > size().

    \sa left(), right(), chopped(), chop(), truncate()
*/

/*! \fn QLatin1String QLatin1String::mid(int start, int length) const
    \since 5.8
    \overload

    Returns the substring of length \a length starting at position
    \a start in this object.

    \note This function performs no error checking.
    The behavior is undefined when \a start < 0, \a length < 0,
    or \a start + \a length > size().

    \sa left(), right(), chopped(), chop(), truncate()
*/

/*! \fn QLatin1String QLatin1String::left(int length) const
    \since 5.8

    Returns the substring of length \a length starting at position
    0 in this object.

    \note This function performs no error checking.
    The behavior is undefined when \a length < 0 or \a length > size().

    \sa mid(), right(), chopped(), chop(), truncate()
*/

/*! \fn QLatin1String QLatin1String::right(int length) const
    \since 5.8

    Returns the substring of length \a length starting at position
    size() - \a length in this object.

    \note This function performs no error checking.
    The behavior is undefined when \a length < 0 or \a length > size().

    \sa mid(), left(), chopped(), chop(), truncate()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1String QLatin1String::chopped(int length) const
    \since 5.10

    Returns the substring of length size() - \a length starting at the
    beginning of this object.

    Same as \c{left(size() - length)}.

    \note The behavior is undefined when \a length < 0 or \a length > size().

    \sa mid(), left(), right(), chop(), truncate()
*/

/*!
    \fn void QLatin1String::truncate(int length)
    \since 5.10

    Truncates this string to length \a length.

    Same as \c{*this = left(length)}.

    \note The behavior is undefined when \a length < 0 or \a length > size().

    \sa mid(), left(), right(), chopped(), chop()
*/

/*!
    \fn void QLatin1String::chop(int length)
    \since 5.10

    Truncates this string by \a length characters.

    Same as \c{*this = left(size() - length)}.

    \note The behavior is undefined when \a length < 0 or \a length > size().

    \sa mid(), left(), right(), chopped(), truncate()
*/

/*!
    \fn QLatin1String QLatin1String::trimmed() const
    \since 5.10

    Strips leading and trailing whitespace and returns the result.

    Whitespace means any character for which QChar::isSpace() returns
    \c true. This includes the ASCII characters '\\t', '\\n', '\\v',
    '\\f', '\\r', and ' '.
*/

/*! \fn bool QLatin1String::operator==(const QString &other) const

    Returns \c true if this string is equal to string \a other;
    otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator==(const char *other) const
    \since 4.3
    \overload

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator==(const QByteArray &other) const
    \since 5.0
    \overload

    The \a other byte array is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool QLatin1String::operator!=(const QString &other) const

    Returns \c true if this string is not equal to string \a other;
    otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator!=(const char *other) const
    \since 4.3
    \overload operator!=()

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator!=(const QByteArray &other) const
    \since 5.0
    \overload operator!=()

    The \a other byte array is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator>(const QString &other) const

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically greater than string \a
    other; otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator>(const char *other) const
    \since 4.3
    \overload

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
    when you compile your applications. This can be useful if you want
    to ensure that all user-visible strings go through QObject::tr(),
    for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator>(const QByteArray &other) const
    \since 5.0
    \overload

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
    when you compile your applications. This can be useful if you want
    to ensure that all user-visible strings go through QObject::tr(),
    for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator<(const QString &other) const

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically less than the \a other
    string; otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator<(const char *other) const
    \since 4.3
    \overload

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator<(const QByteArray &other) const
    \since 5.0
    \overload

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator>=(const QString &other) const

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically greater than or equal
    to string \a other; otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator>=(const char *other) const
    \since 4.3
    \overload

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator>=(const QByteArray &other) const
    \since 5.0
    \overload

    The \a other array is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*! \fn bool QLatin1String::operator<=(const QString &other) const

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically less than or equal
    to string \a other; otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator<=(const char *other) const
    \since 4.3
    \overload

    The \a other const char pointer is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QLatin1String::operator<=(const QByteArray &other) const
    \since 5.0
    \overload

    The \a other array is converted to a QString using
    the QString::fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/


/*! \fn bool operator==(QLatin1String s1, QLatin1String s2)
   \relates QLatin1String

   Returns \c true if string \a s1 is lexically equal to string \a s2; otherwise
   returns \c false.
*/
/*! \fn bool operator!=(QLatin1String s1, QLatin1String s2)
   \relates QLatin1String

   Returns \c true if string \a s1 is lexically unequal to string \a s2; otherwise
   returns \c false.
*/
/*! \fn bool operator<(QLatin1String s1, QLatin1String s2)
   \relates QLatin1String

   Returns \c true if string \a s1 is lexically smaller than string \a s2; otherwise
   returns \c false.
*/
/*! \fn bool operator<=(QLatin1String s1, QLatin1String s2)
   \relates QLatin1String

   Returns \c true if string \a s1 is lexically smaller than or equal to string \a s2; otherwise
   returns \c false.
*/
/*! \fn bool operator>(QLatin1String s1, QLatin1String s2)
   \relates QLatin1String

   Returns \c true if string \a s1 is lexically greater than string \a s2; otherwise
   returns \c false.
*/
/*! \fn bool operator>=(QLatin1String s1, QLatin1String s2)
   \relates QLatin1String

   Returns \c true if string \a s1 is lexically greater than or equal to
   string \a s2; otherwise returns \c false.
*/


#if !defined(QT_NO_DATASTREAM) || (defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED) && !defined(QT_BUILD_QMAKE))
/*!
    \fn QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &stream, const QString &string)
    \relates QString

    Writes the given \a string to the specified \a stream.

    \sa {Serializing Qt Data Types}
*/

QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &out, const QString &str)
{
    if (out.version() == 1) {
        out << str.toLatin1();
    } else {
        if (!str.isNull() || out.version() < 3) {
            if ((out.byteOrder() == QDataStream::BigEndian) == (QSysInfo::ByteOrder == QSysInfo::BigEndian)) {
                out.writeBytes(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(str.unicode()), sizeof(QChar) * str.length());
            } else {
                QVarLengthArray<ushort> buffer(str.length());
                qbswap<sizeof(ushort)>(str.constData(), str.length(), buffer.data());
                out.writeBytes(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(buffer.data()), sizeof(ushort) * buffer.size());
            }
        } else {
            // write null marker
            out << (quint32)0xffffffff;
        }
    }
    return out;
}

/*!
    \fn QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &stream, QString &string)
    \relates QString

    Reads a string from the specified \a stream into the given \a string.

    \sa {Serializing Qt Data Types}
*/

QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, QString &str)
{
    if (in.version() == 1) {
        QByteArray l;
        in >> l;
        str = QString::fromLatin1(l);
    } else {
        quint32 bytes = 0;
        in >> bytes;                                  // read size of string
        if (bytes == 0xffffffff) {                    // null string
            str.clear();
        } else if (bytes > 0) {                       // not empty
            if (bytes & 0x1) {
                str.clear();
                in.setStatus(QDataStream::ReadCorruptData);
                return in;
            }

            const quint32 Step = 1024 * 1024;
            quint32 len = bytes / 2;
            quint32 allocated = 0;

            while (allocated < len) {
                int blockSize = qMin(Step, len - allocated);
                str.resize(allocated + blockSize);
                if (in.readRawData(reinterpret_cast<char *>(str.data()) + allocated * 2,
                                   blockSize * 2) != blockSize * 2) {
                    str.clear();
                    in.setStatus(QDataStream::ReadPastEnd);
                    return in;
                }
                allocated += blockSize;
            }

            if ((in.byteOrder() == QDataStream::BigEndian)
                    != (QSysInfo::ByteOrder == QSysInfo::BigEndian)) {
                ushort *data = reinterpret_cast<ushort *>(str.data());
                qbswap<sizeof(*data)>(data, len, data);
            }
        } else {
            str = QString(QLatin1String(""));
        }
    }
    return in;
}
#endif // QT_NO_DATASTREAM




/*!
    \class QStringRef
    \inmodule QtCore
    \since 4.3
    \brief The QStringRef class provides a thin wrapper around QString substrings.
    \reentrant
    \ingroup tools
    \ingroup string-processing

    QStringRef provides a read-only subset of the QString API.

    A string reference explicitly references a portion of a string()
    with a given size(), starting at a specific position(). Calling
    toString() returns a copy of the data as a real QString instance.

    This class is designed to improve the performance of substring
    handling when manipulating substrings obtained from existing QString
    instances. QStringRef avoids the memory allocation and reference
    counting overhead of a standard QString by simply referencing a
    part of the original string. This can prove to be advantageous in
    low level code, such as that used in a parser, at the expense of
    potentially more complex code.

    For most users, there are no semantic benefits to using QStringRef
    instead of QString since QStringRef requires attention to be paid
    to memory management issues, potentially making code more complex
    to write and maintain.

    \warning A QStringRef is only valid as long as the referenced
    string exists. If the original string is deleted, the string
    reference points to an invalid memory location.

    We suggest that you only use this class in stable code where profiling
    has clearly identified that performance improvements can be made by
    replacing standard string operations with the optimized substring
    handling provided by this class.

    \sa {Implicitly Shared Classes}
*/

/*!
    \typedef QStringRef::size_type
    \internal
*/

/*!
    \typedef QStringRef::value_type
    \internal
*/

/*!
    \typedef QStringRef::const_pointer
    \internal
*/

/*!
    \typedef QStringRef::const_reference
    \internal
*/

/*!
    \typedef QStringRef::const_iterator
    \since 5.4

    \sa QStringRef::const_reverse_iterator
*/

/*!
    \typedef QStringRef::const_reverse_iterator
    \since 5.7

    \sa QStringRef::const_iterator
*/

/*!
 \fn QStringRef::QStringRef()

 Constructs an empty string reference.
*/

/*! \fn QStringRef::QStringRef(const QString *string, int position, int length)

Constructs a string reference to the range of characters in the given
\a string specified by the starting \a position and \a length in characters.

\warning This function exists to improve performance as much as possible,
and performs no bounds checking. For program correctness, \a position and
\a length must describe a valid substring of \a string.

This means that the starting \a position must be positive or 0 and smaller
than \a string's length, and \a length must be positive or 0 but smaller than
the string's length minus the starting \a position;
i.e, 0 <= position < string->length() and
0 <= length <= string->length() - position must both be satisfied.
*/

/*! \fn QStringRef::QStringRef(const QString *string)

Constructs a string reference to the given \a string.
*/

/*! \fn QStringRef::QStringRef(const QStringRef &other)

Constructs a copy of the \a other string reference.
 */
/*!
\fn QStringRef::~QStringRef()

Destroys the string reference.

Since this class is only used to refer to string data, and does not take
ownership of it, no memory is freed when instances are destroyed.
*/

/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::position() const

    Returns the starting position in the referenced string that is referred to
    by the string reference.

    \sa size(), string()
*/

/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::size() const

    Returns the number of characters referred to by the string reference.
    Equivalent to length() and count().

    \sa position(), string()
*/
/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::count() const
    Returns the number of characters referred to by the string reference.
    Equivalent to size() and length().

    \sa position(), string()
*/
/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::length() const
    Returns the number of characters referred to by the string reference.
    Equivalent to size() and count().

    \sa position(), string()
*/


/*!
    \fn bool QStringRef::isEmpty() const

    Returns \c true if the string reference has no characters; otherwise returns
    \c false.

    A string reference is empty if its size is zero.

    \sa size()
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QStringRef::isNull() const

    Returns \c true if this string reference does not reference a string or if
    the string it references is null (i.e. QString::isNull() is true).

    \sa size()
*/

/*!
    \fn const QString *QStringRef::string() const

    Returns a pointer to the string referred to by the string reference, or
    0 if it does not reference a string.

    \sa unicode()
*/


/*!
    \fn const QChar *QStringRef::unicode() const

    Returns a Unicode representation of the string reference. Since
    the data stems directly from the referenced string, it is not
    \\0'-terminated unless the string reference includes the string's
    null terminator.

    \sa string()
*/

/*!
    \fn const QChar *QStringRef::data() const

    Same as unicode().
*/

/*!
    \fn const QChar *QStringRef::constData() const

    Same as unicode().
*/

/*!
    \fn QStringRef::const_iterator QStringRef::begin() const
    \since 5.4

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the first character in
    the string.

    \sa cbegin(), constBegin(), end(), constEnd(), rbegin(), rend()
*/

/*!
    \fn QStringRef::const_iterator QStringRef::cbegin() const
    \since 5.4

    Same as begin().

    \sa begin(), constBegin(), cend(), constEnd(), rbegin(), rend()
*/

/*!
    \fn QStringRef::const_iterator QStringRef::constBegin() const
    \since 5.9

    Same as begin().

    \sa begin(), cend(), constEnd(), rbegin(), rend()
*/

/*!
    \fn QStringRef::const_iterator QStringRef::end() const
    \since 5.4

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style iterator} pointing to the imaginary
    character after the last character in the list.

    \sa cbegin(), constBegin(), end(), constEnd(), rbegin(), rend()
*/

/*! \fn QStringRef::const_iterator QStringRef::cend() const
    \since 5.4

    Same as end().

    \sa end(), constEnd(), cbegin(), constBegin(), rbegin(), rend()
*/

/*! \fn QStringRef::const_iterator QStringRef::constEnd() const
    \since 5.9

    Same as end().

    \sa end(), cend(), cbegin(), constBegin(), rbegin(), rend()
*/

/*!
    \fn QStringRef::const_reverse_iterator QStringRef::rbegin() const
    \since 5.7

    Returns a const \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style} reverse iterator pointing to the first
    character in the string, in reverse order.

    \sa begin(), crbegin(), rend()
*/

/*!
    \fn QStringRef::const_reverse_iterator QStringRef::crbegin() const
    \since 5.7

    Same as rbegin().

    \sa begin(), rbegin(), rend()
*/

/*!
    \fn QStringRef::const_reverse_iterator QStringRef::rend() const
    \since 5.7

    Returns a \l{STL-style iterators}{STL-style} reverse iterator pointing to one past
    the last character in the string, in reverse order.

    \sa end(), crend(), rbegin()
*/


/*!
    \fn QStringRef::const_reverse_iterator QStringRef::crend() const
    \since 5.7

    Same as rend().

    \sa end(), rend(), rbegin()
*/

/*!
    Returns a copy of the string reference as a QString object.

    If the string reference is not a complete reference of the string
    (meaning that position() is 0 and size() equals string()->size()),
    this function will allocate a new string to return.

    \sa string()
*/

QString QStringRef::toString() const {
    if (!m_string)
        return QString();
    if (m_size && m_position == 0 && m_size == m_string->size())
        return *m_string;
    return QString(m_string->unicode() + m_position, m_size);
}


/*! \relates QStringRef

   Returns \c true if string reference \a s1 is lexically equal to string reference \a s2; otherwise
   returns \c false.
*/
bool operator==(const QStringRef &s1,const QStringRef &s2) noexcept
{
    return s1.size() == s2.size() && qt_compare_strings(s1, s2, Qt::CaseSensitive) == 0;
}

/*! \relates QStringRef

   Returns \c true if string \a s1 is lexically equal to string reference \a s2; otherwise
   returns \c false.
*/
bool operator==(const QString &s1,const QStringRef &s2) noexcept
{
    return s1.size() == s2.size() && qt_compare_strings(s1, s2, Qt::CaseSensitive) == 0;
}

/*! \relates QStringRef

   Returns \c true if string  \a s1 is lexically equal to string reference \a s2; otherwise
   returns \c false.
*/
bool operator==(QLatin1String s1, const QStringRef &s2) noexcept
{
    if (s1.size() != s2.size())
        return false;

    return qt_compare_strings(s2, s1, Qt::CaseSensitive) == 0;
}

/*!
   \relates QStringRef

    Returns \c true if string reference \a s1 is lexically less than
    string reference \a s2; otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/
bool operator<(const QStringRef &s1,const QStringRef &s2) noexcept
{
    return qt_compare_strings(s1, s2, Qt::CaseSensitive) < 0;
}

/*!\fn bool operator<=(const QStringRef &s1,const QStringRef &s2)

   \relates QStringRef

    Returns \c true if string reference \a s1 is lexically less than
    or equal to string reference \a s2; otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!\fn bool operator>=(const QStringRef &s1,const QStringRef &s2)

   \relates QStringRef

    Returns \c true if string reference \a s1 is lexically greater than
    or equal to string reference \a s2; otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!\fn bool operator>(const QStringRef &s1,const QStringRef &s2)

   \relates QStringRef

    Returns \c true if string reference \a s1 is lexically greater than
    string reference \a s2; otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/


/*!
    \fn const QChar QStringRef::at(int position) const

    Returns the character at the given index \a position in the
    string reference.

    The \a position must be a valid index position in the string
    (i.e., 0 <= \a position < size()).
*/

/*!
    \fn QChar QStringRef::operator[](int position) const
    \since 5.7

    Returns the character at the given index \a position in the
    string reference.

    The \a position must be a valid index position in the string
    reference (i.e., 0 <= \a position < size()).

    \sa at()
*/

/*!
    \fn QChar QStringRef::front() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns the first character in the string.
    Same as \c{at(0)}.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \warning Calling this function on an empty string constitutes
    undefined behavior.

    \sa back(), at(), operator[]()
*/

/*!
    \fn QChar QStringRef::back() const
    \since 5.10

    Returns the last character in the string.
    Same as \c{at(size() - 1)}.

    This function is provided for STL compatibility.

    \warning Calling this function on an empty string constitutes
    undefined behavior.

    \sa front(), at(), operator[]()
*/

/*!
    \fn void QStringRef::clear()

    Clears the contents of the string reference by making it null and empty.

    \sa isEmpty(), isNull()
*/

/*!
    \fn QStringRef &QStringRef::operator=(const QStringRef &other)

    Assigns the \a other string reference to this string reference, and
    returns the result.
*/

/*!
    \fn QStringRef &QStringRef::operator=(const QString *string)

    Constructs a string reference to the given \a string and assigns it to
    this string reference, returning the result.
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QStringRef::operator==(const char * s) const

    \overload operator==()

    The \a s byte array is converted to a QStringRef using the
    fromUtf8() function. This function stops conversion at the
    first NUL character found, or the end of the byte array.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically equal to the parameter
    string \a s. Otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QStringRef::operator!=(const char * s) const

    \overload operator!=()

    The \a s const char pointer is converted to a QStringRef using
    the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    Returns \c true if this string is not lexically equal to the parameter
    string \a s. Otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QStringRef::operator<(const char * s) const

    \overload operator<()

    The \a s const char pointer is converted to a QStringRef using
    the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically smaller than the parameter
    string \a s. Otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QStringRef::operator<=(const char * s) const

    \overload operator<=()

    The \a s const char pointer is converted to a QStringRef using
    the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically smaller than or equal to the parameter
    string \a s. Otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QStringRef::operator>(const char * s) const


    \overload operator>()

    The \a s const char pointer is converted to a QStringRef using
    the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically greater than the parameter
    string \a s. Otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/

/*!
    \fn bool QStringRef::operator>= (const char * s) const

    \overload operator>=()

    The \a s const char pointer is converted to a QStringRef using
    the fromUtf8() function.

    You can disable this operator by defining \c
    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. This
    can be useful if you want to ensure that all user-visible strings
    go through QObject::tr(), for example.

    Returns \c true if this string is lexically greater than or equal to the
    parameter string \a s. Otherwise returns \c false.

    \sa QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
*/
/*!
    \typedef QString::Data
    \internal
*/

/*!
    \typedef QString::DataPtr
    \internal
*/

/*!
    \fn DataPtr & QString::data_ptr()
    \internal
*/



/*!  Appends the string reference to \a string, and returns a new
reference to the combined string data.
 */
QStringRef QStringRef::appendTo(QString *string) const
{
    if (!string)
        return QStringRef();
    int pos = string->size();
    string->insert(pos, unicode(), size());
    return QStringRef(string, pos, size());
}

/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::compare(const QStringRef &s1, const QString &s2, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive)
    \since 4.5

    Compares the string \a s1 with the string \a s2 and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if \a s1
    is less than, equal to, or greater than \a s2.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive, the comparison is case sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case insensitive.
*/

/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::compare(const QStringRef &s1, const QStringRef &s2, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive)
    \since 4.5
    \overload

    Compares the string \a s1 with the string \a s2 and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if \a s1
    is less than, equal to, or greater than \a s2.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive, the comparison is case sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case insensitive.
*/

/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::compare(const QStringRef &s1, QLatin1String s2, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive)
    \since 4.5
    \overload

    Compares the string \a s1 with the string \a s2 and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if \a s1
    is less than, equal to, or greater than \a s2.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive, the comparison is case sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case insensitive.
*/

/*!
    \overload
    \fn int QStringRef::compare(const QString &other, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \since 4.5

    Compares this string with the \a other string and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if this string
    is less than, equal to, or greater than the \a other string.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive, the comparison is case sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case insensitive.

    Equivalent to \c {compare(*this, other, cs)}.
*/

/*!
    \overload
    \fn int QStringRef::compare(const QStringRef &other, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \since 4.5

    Compares this string with the \a other string and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if this string
    is less than, equal to, or greater than the \a other string.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive, the comparison is case sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case insensitive.

    Equivalent to \c {compare(*this, other, cs)}.
*/

/*!
    \overload
    \fn int QStringRef::compare(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \since 5.14

    Compares this string with \a ch and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if this string
    is less than, equal to, or greater than \a ch, interpreted as a string of length one.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive, the comparison is case sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case insensitive.
*/

/*!
    \overload
    \fn int QStringRef::compare(QLatin1String other, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \since 4.5

    Compares this string with the \a other string and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if this string
    is less than, equal to, or greater than the \a other string.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive, the comparison is case sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case insensitive.

    Equivalent to \c {compare(*this, other, cs)}.
*/

/*!
    \overload
    \fn int QStringRef::compare(const QByteArray &other, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \since 5.8

    Compares this string with \a other and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if this string
    is less than, equal to, or greater than the \a other byte array,
    interpreted as a UTF-8 sequence.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive, the comparison is case sensitive;
    otherwise the comparison is case insensitive.

    Equivalent to \c {compare(*this, other, cs)}.
*/

/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::localeAwareCompare(const QStringRef &s1, const QString & s2)
    \since 4.5

    Compares \a s1 with \a s2 and returns an integer less than, equal
    to, or greater than zero if \a s1 is less than, equal to, or
    greater than \a s2.

    The comparison is performed in a locale- and also
    platform-dependent manner. Use this function to present sorted
    lists of strings to the user.

    \sa compare(), QLocale, {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::localeAwareCompare(const QStringRef &s1, const QStringRef & s2)
    \since 4.5
    \overload

    Compares \a s1 with \a s2 and returns an integer less than, equal
    to, or greater than zero if \a s1 is less than, equal to, or
    greater than \a s2.

    The comparison is performed in a locale- and also
    platform-dependent manner. Use this function to present sorted
    lists of strings to the user.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::localeAwareCompare(const QString &other) const
    \since 4.5
    \overload

    Compares this string with the \a other string and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if this string
    is less than, equal to, or greater than the \a other string.

    The comparison is performed in a locale- and also
    platform-dependent manner. Use this function to present sorted
    lists of strings to the user.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::localeAwareCompare(const QStringRef &other) const
    \since 4.5
    \overload

    Compares this string with the \a other string and returns an
    integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if this string
    is less than, equal to, or greater than the \a other string.

    The comparison is performed in a locale- and also
    platform-dependent manner. Use this function to present sorted
    lists of strings to the user.

    \sa {Comparing Strings}
*/

/*!
    \fn QString &QString::append(const QStringRef &reference)
    \since 4.4

    Appends the given string \a reference to this string and returns the result.
 */
QString &QString::append(const QStringRef &str)
{
    if (str.string() == this) {
        str.appendTo(this);
    } else if (!str.isNull()) {
        int oldSize = size();
        resize(oldSize + str.size());
        memcpy(data() + oldSize, str.unicode(), str.size() * sizeof(QChar));
    }
    return *this;
}

/*!
    \fn QString &QString::append(QStringView str)
    \since 5.15.2

    Appends the given string \a str to this string and returns the result.

    \note This method has been added in 5.15.2 to simplify writing code that is portable
    between Qt 5.15 and Qt 6.
*/

/*!
    \fn QStringRef::left(int n) const
    \since 5.2

    Returns a substring reference to the \a n leftmost characters
    of the string.

    If \a n is greater than or equal to size(), or less than zero,
    a reference to the entire string is returned.

    \sa right(), mid(), startsWith(), chopped(), chop(), truncate()
*/
QStringRef QStringRef::left(int n) const
{
    if (uint(n) >= uint(m_size))
        return *this;
    return QStringRef(m_string, m_position, n);
}

/*!
    \since 4.4

    Returns a substring reference to the \a n leftmost characters
    of the string.

    If \a n is greater than or equal to size(), or less than zero,
    a reference to the entire string is returned.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp leftRef

    \sa left(), rightRef(), midRef(), startsWith()
*/
QStringRef QString::leftRef(int n)  const
{
    return QStringRef(this).left(n);
}

/*!
    \fn QStringRef::right(int n) const
    \since 5.2

    Returns a substring reference to the \a n rightmost characters
    of the string.

    If \a n is greater than or equal to size(), or less than zero,
    a reference to the entire string is returned.

    \sa left(), mid(), endsWith(), chopped(), chop(), truncate()
*/
QStringRef QStringRef::right(int n) const
{
    if (uint(n) >= uint(m_size))
        return *this;
    return QStringRef(m_string, m_size - n + m_position, n);
}

/*!
    \since 4.4

    Returns a substring reference to the \a n rightmost characters
    of the string.

    If \a n is greater than or equal to size(), or less than zero,
    a reference to the entire string is returned.

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp rightRef

    \sa right(), leftRef(), midRef(), endsWith()
*/
QStringRef QString::rightRef(int n) const
{
    return QStringRef(this).right(n);
}

/*!
    \fn QStringRef QStringRef::mid(int position, int n = -1) const
    \since 5.2

    Returns a substring reference to \a n characters of this string,
    starting at the specified \a position.

    If the \a position exceeds the length of the string, a null
    reference is returned.

    If there are less than \a n characters available in the string,
    starting at the given \a position, or if \a n is -1 (default), the
    function returns all characters from the specified \a position
    onwards.

    \sa left(), right(), chopped(), chop(), truncate()
*/
QStringRef QStringRef::mid(int pos, int n) const
{
    using namespace QtPrivate;
    switch (QContainerImplHelper::mid(m_size, &pos, &n)) {
    case QContainerImplHelper::Null:
        return QStringRef();
    case QContainerImplHelper::Empty:
        return QStringRef(m_string, 0, 0);
    case QContainerImplHelper::Full:
        return *this;
    case QContainerImplHelper::Subset:
        return QStringRef(m_string, pos + m_position, n);
    }
    Q_UNREACHABLE();
    return QStringRef();
}

/*!
    \fn QStringRef QStringRef::chopped(int len) const
    \since 5.10

    Returns a substring reference to the size() - \a len leftmost characters
    of this string.

    \note The behavior is undefined if \a len is negative or greater than size().

    \sa endsWith(), left(), right(), mid(), chop(), truncate()
*/

/*!
    \since 4.4

    Returns a substring reference to \a n characters of this string,
    starting at the specified \a position.

    If the \a position exceeds the length of the string, a null
    reference is returned.

    If there are less than \a n characters available in the string,
    starting at the given \a position, or if \a n is -1 (default), the
    function returns all characters from the specified \a position
    onwards.

    Example:

    \snippet qstring/main.cpp midRef

    \sa mid(), leftRef(), rightRef()
*/
QStringRef QString::midRef(int position, int n) const
{
    return QStringRef(this).mid(position, n);
}

/*!
    \fn void QStringRef::truncate(int position)
    \since 5.6

    Truncates the string at the given \a position index.

    If the specified \a position index is beyond the end of the
    string, nothing happens.

    If \a position is negative, it is equivalent to passing zero.

    \sa QString::truncate()
*/

/*!
    \fn void QStringRef::chop(int n)
    \since 5.8

    Removes \a n characters from the end of the string.

    If \a n is greater than or equal to size(), the result is an
    empty string; if \a n is negative, it is equivalent to passing zero.

    \sa QString::chop(), truncate()
*/

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*!
  \since 4.8

  Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string \a
  str in this string reference, searching forward from index position
  \a from. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  If \a from is -1, the search starts at the last character; if it is
  -2, at the next to last character and so on.

  \sa QString::indexOf(), lastIndexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QStringRef::indexOf(const QString &str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::findString(QStringView(unicode(), length()), from, QStringView(str.unicode(), str.length()), cs));
}
#endif // QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2

/*!
    \fn int QStringRef::indexOf(QStringView str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.14
    \overload indexOf()

    Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string view \a str
    in this string reference, searching forward from index position \a from.
    Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    If \a from is -1, the search starts at the last character; if it is
    -2, at the next to last character and so on.

    \sa QString::indexOf(), QStringView::indexOf(), lastIndexOf(), contains(), count()
*/

/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload indexOf()

    Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the
    character \a ch in the string reference, searching forward from
    index position \a from. Returns -1 if \a ch could not be found.

    \sa QString::indexOf(), lastIndexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QStringRef::indexOf(QChar ch, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(qFindChar(QStringView(unicode(), length()), ch, from, cs));
}

/*!
  \since 4.8

  Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string \a
  str in this string reference, searching forward from index position
  \a from. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  If \a from is -1, the search starts at the last character; if it is
  -2, at the next to last character and so on.

  \sa QString::indexOf(), lastIndexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QStringRef::indexOf(QLatin1String str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::findString(QStringView(unicode(), size()), from, str, cs));
}

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*!
    \since 4.8

    \overload indexOf()

    Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string
    reference \a str in this string reference, searching forward from
    index position \a from. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa QString::indexOf(), lastIndexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QStringRef::indexOf(const QStringRef &str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::findString(QStringView(unicode(), size()), from, QStringView(str.unicode(), str.size()), cs));
}
#endif // QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2

/*!
  \since 4.8

  Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string \a
  str in this string reference, searching backward from index position
  \a from. If \a from is -1 (default), the search starts at the last
  character; if \a from is -2, at the next to last character and so
  on. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  \sa QString::lastIndexOf(), indexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QStringRef::lastIndexOf(const QString &str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::lastIndexOf(*this, from, str, cs));
}

/*!
  \since 4.8
  \overload lastIndexOf()

  Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the character
  \a ch, searching backward from position \a from.

  \sa QString::lastIndexOf(), indexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QStringRef::lastIndexOf(QChar ch, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(qLastIndexOf(*this, ch, from, cs));
}

/*!
  \since 4.8
  \overload lastIndexOf()

  Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string \a
  str in this string reference, searching backward from index position
  \a from. If \a from is -1 (default), the search starts at the last
  character; if \a from is -2, at the next to last character and so
  on. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  \sa QString::lastIndexOf(), indexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QStringRef::lastIndexOf(QLatin1String str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::lastIndexOf(*this, from, str, cs));
}

/*!
  \since 4.8
  \overload lastIndexOf()

  Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string
  reference \a str in this string reference, searching backward from
  index position \a from. If \a from is -1 (default), the search
  starts at the last character; if \a from is -2, at the next to last
  character and so on. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  \sa QString::lastIndexOf(), indexOf(), contains(), count()
*/
int QStringRef::lastIndexOf(const QStringRef &str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(QtPrivate::lastIndexOf(*this, from, str, cs));
}

/*!
  \fn int QStringRef::lastIndexOf(QStringView str, int from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
  \since 5.14
  \overload lastIndexOf()

  Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string view \a
  str in this string, searching backward from index position \a
  from. If \a from is -1 (default), the search starts at the last
  character; if \a from is -2, at the next to last character and so
  on. Returns -1 if \a str is not found.

  If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
  sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

  \sa indexOf(), contains(), count()
*/

/*!
    \since 4.8
    Returns the number of (potentially overlapping) occurrences of
    the string \a str in this string reference.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa QString::count(), contains(), indexOf()
*/
int QStringRef::count(const QString &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(qt_string_count(QStringView(unicode(), size()), QStringView(str.unicode(), str.size()), cs));
}

/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload count()

    Returns the number of occurrences of the character \a ch in the
    string reference.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa QString::count(), contains(), indexOf()
*/
int QStringRef::count(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(qt_string_count(QStringView(unicode(), size()), ch, cs));
}

/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload count()

    Returns the number of (potentially overlapping) occurrences of the
    string reference \a str in this string reference.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa QString::count(), contains(), indexOf()
*/
int QStringRef::count(const QStringRef &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    // ### Qt6: qsizetype
    return int(qt_string_count(QStringView(unicode(), size()), QStringView(str.unicode(), str.size()), cs));
}

/*!
    \since 5.9

    Returns \c true if the string is read right to left.

    \sa QString::isRightToLeft()
*/
bool QStringRef::isRightToLeft() const
{
    return QtPrivate::isRightToLeft(QStringView(unicode(), size()));
}

/*!
    \since 5.11
    \internal
    \relates QStringView

    Returns \c true if the string is read right to left.

    \sa QString::isRightToLeft()
*/
bool QtPrivate::isRightToLeft(QStringView string) noexcept
{
    const ushort *p = reinterpret_cast<const ushort*>(string.data());
    const ushort * const end = p + string.size();
    int isolateLevel = 0;
    while (p < end) {
        uint ucs4 = *p;
        if (QChar::isHighSurrogate(ucs4) && p < end - 1) {
            ushort low = p[1];
            if (QChar::isLowSurrogate(low)) {
                ucs4 = QChar::surrogateToUcs4(ucs4, low);
                ++p;
            }
        }
        switch (QChar::direction(ucs4))
        {
        case QChar::DirRLI:
        case QChar::DirLRI:
        case QChar::DirFSI:
            ++isolateLevel;
            break;
        case QChar::DirPDI:
            if (isolateLevel)
                --isolateLevel;
            break;
        case QChar::DirL:
            if (isolateLevel)
                break;
            return false;
        case QChar::DirR:
        case QChar::DirAL:
            if (isolateLevel)
                break;
            return true;
        default:
            break;
        }
        ++p;
    }
    return false;
}

/*!
    \since 4.8

    Returns \c true if the string reference starts with \a str; otherwise
    returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa QString::startsWith(), endsWith()
*/
bool QStringRef::startsWith(const QString &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_starts_with(*this, str, cs);
}

/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload startsWith()
    \sa QString::startsWith(), endsWith()
*/
bool QStringRef::startsWith(QLatin1String str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_starts_with(*this, str, cs);
}

/*!
    \fn bool QStringRef::startsWith(QStringView str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.10
    \overload startsWith()
    \sa QString::startsWith(), endsWith()
*/

/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload startsWith()
    \sa QString::startsWith(), endsWith()
*/
bool QStringRef::startsWith(const QStringRef &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_starts_with(*this, str, cs);
}

/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload startsWith()

    Returns \c true if the string reference starts with \a ch; otherwise
    returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa QString::startsWith(), endsWith()
*/
bool QStringRef::startsWith(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_starts_with(*this, ch, cs);
}

/*!
    \since 4.8
    Returns \c true if the string reference ends with \a str; otherwise
    returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa QString::endsWith(), startsWith()
*/
bool QStringRef::endsWith(const QString &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_ends_with(*this, str, cs);
}

/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload endsWith()

    Returns \c true if the string reference ends with \a ch; otherwise
    returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is case
    sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa QString::endsWith(), endsWith()
*/
bool QStringRef::endsWith(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_ends_with(*this, ch, cs);
}

/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload endsWith()
    \sa QString::endsWith(), endsWith()
*/
bool QStringRef::endsWith(QLatin1String str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_ends_with(*this, str, cs);
}

/*!
    \fn bool QStringRef::endsWith(QStringView str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 5.10
    \overload endsWith()
    \sa QString::endsWith(), startsWith()
*/

/*!
    \since 4.8
    \overload endsWith()
    \sa QString::endsWith(), endsWith()
*/
bool QStringRef::endsWith(const QStringRef &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
{
    return qt_ends_with(*this, str, cs);
}

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*! \fn bool QStringRef::contains(const QString &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const

    \since 4.8
    Returns \c true if this string reference contains an occurrence of
    the string \a str; otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa indexOf(), count()
*/
#endif // QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2

/*! \fn bool QStringRef::contains(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const

    \overload contains()
    \since 4.8

    Returns \c true if this string contains an occurrence of the
    character \a ch; otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

*/

#if QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2
/*! \fn bool QStringRef::contains(const QStringRef &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \overload contains()
    \since 4.8

    Returns \c true if this string reference contains an occurrence of
    the string reference \a str; otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa indexOf(), count()
*/
#endif // QT_STRINGVIEW_LEVEL < 2

/*! \fn bool QStringRef::contains(QLatin1String str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
    \since 4.8
    \overload contains()

    Returns \c true if this string reference contains an occurrence of
    the string \a str; otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa indexOf(), count()
*/

/*! \fn bool QStringRef::contains(QStringView str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const
    \since 5.14
    \overload contains()

    Returns \c true if this string reference contains an occurrence of
    the string view \a str; otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (default), the search is
    case sensitive; otherwise the search is case insensitive.

    \sa indexOf(), count()
*/

static inline qsizetype qt_string_count(QStringView haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    qsizetype num = 0;
    qsizetype i = -1;
    if (haystack.size() > 500 && needle.size() > 5) {
        QStringMatcher matcher(needle, cs);
        while ((i = matcher.indexIn(haystack, i + 1)) != -1)
            ++num;
    } else {
        while ((i = QtPrivate::findString(haystack, i + 1, needle, cs)) != -1)
            ++num;
    }
    return num;
}

static inline qsizetype qt_string_count(QStringView haystack, QChar ch,
                                  Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    ushort c = ch.unicode();
    qsizetype num = 0;
    const ushort *b = reinterpret_cast<const ushort*>(haystack.data());
    const ushort *i = b + haystack.size();
    if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
        while (i != b)
            if (*--i == c)
                ++num;
    } else {
        c = foldCase(c);
        while (i != b)
            if (foldCase(*(--i)) == c)
                ++num;
    }
    return num;
}

template <typename Haystack, typename Needle>
bool qt_starts_with_impl(Haystack haystack, Needle needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    if (haystack.isNull())
        return needle.isNull(); // historical behavior, consider changing in ### Qt 6.
    const auto haystackLen = haystack.size();
    const auto needleLen = needle.size();
    if (haystackLen == 0)
        return needleLen == 0;
    if (needleLen > haystackLen)
        return false;

    return qt_compare_strings(haystack.left(needleLen), needle, cs) == 0;
}

static inline bool qt_starts_with(QStringView haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    return qt_starts_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

static inline bool qt_starts_with(QStringView haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    return qt_starts_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

static inline bool qt_starts_with(QStringView haystack, QChar needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    return haystack.size()
           && (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive ? haystack.front() == needle
                                       : foldCase(haystack.front()) == foldCase(needle));
}

/*!
    \fn bool QtPrivate::startsWith(QStringView haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QtPrivate::startsWith(QStringView haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QtPrivate::startsWith(QLatin1String haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QtPrivate::startsWith(QLatin1String haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
    \since 5.10
    \internal
    \relates QStringView

    Returns \c true if \a haystack starts with \a needle,
    otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (the default), the search is case-sensitive;
    otherwise the search is case-insensitive.

    \sa QtPrivate::endsWith(), QString::endsWith(), QStringView::endsWith(), QLatin1String::endsWith()
*/

bool QtPrivate::startsWith(QStringView haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_starts_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

bool QtPrivate::startsWith(QStringView haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_starts_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

bool QtPrivate::startsWith(QLatin1String haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_starts_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

bool QtPrivate::startsWith(QLatin1String haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_starts_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

template <typename Haystack, typename Needle>
bool qt_ends_with_impl(Haystack haystack, Needle needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    if (haystack.isNull())
        return needle.isNull(); // historical behavior, consider changing in ### Qt 6.
    const auto haystackLen = haystack.size();
    const auto needleLen = needle.size();
    if (haystackLen == 0)
        return needleLen == 0;
    if (haystackLen < needleLen)
        return false;

    return qt_compare_strings(haystack.right(needleLen), needle, cs) == 0;
}

static inline bool qt_ends_with(QStringView haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    return qt_ends_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

static inline bool qt_ends_with(QStringView haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    return qt_ends_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

static inline bool qt_ends_with(QStringView haystack, QChar needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
{
    return haystack.size()
           && (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive ? haystack.back() == needle
                                       : foldCase(haystack.back()) == foldCase(needle));
}

/*!
    \fn bool QtPrivate::endsWith(QStringView haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QtPrivate::endsWith(QStringView haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QtPrivate::endsWith(QLatin1String haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
    \since 5.10
    \fn bool QtPrivate::endsWith(QLatin1String haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
    \since 5.10
    \internal
    \relates QStringView

    Returns \c true if \a haystack ends with \a needle,
    otherwise returns \c false.

    If \a cs is Qt::CaseSensitive (the default), the search is case-sensitive;
    otherwise the search is case-insensitive.

    \sa QtPrivate::startsWith(), QString::endsWith(), QStringView::endsWith(), QLatin1String::endsWith()
*/

bool QtPrivate::endsWith(QStringView haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_ends_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

bool QtPrivate::endsWith(QStringView haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_ends_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

bool QtPrivate::endsWith(QLatin1String haystack, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_ends_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

bool QtPrivate::endsWith(QLatin1String haystack, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qt_ends_with_impl(haystack, needle, cs);
}

namespace {
template <typename Pointer>
uint foldCaseHelper(Pointer ch, Pointer start) = delete;

template <>
uint foldCaseHelper<const QChar*>(const QChar* ch, const QChar* start)
{
    return foldCase(reinterpret_cast<const ushort*>(ch), reinterpret_cast<const ushort*>(start));
}

template <>
uint foldCaseHelper<const char*>(const char* ch, const char*)
{
    return foldCase(ushort(uchar(*ch)));
}

template <typename T>
ushort valueTypeToUtf16(T t) = delete;

template <>
ushort valueTypeToUtf16<QChar>(QChar t)
{
    return t.unicode();
}

template <>
ushort valueTypeToUtf16<char>(char t)
{
    return ushort(uchar(t));
}
}

/*!
    \internal

    Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the
    character \a ch in the string given by \a str and \a len,
    searching forward from index
    position \a from. Returns -1 if \a ch could not be found.
*/

static inline qsizetype qFindChar(QStringView str, QChar ch, qsizetype from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    if (from < 0)
        from = qMax(from + str.size(), qsizetype(0));
    if (from < str.size()) {
        const ushort *s = (const ushort *)str.data();
        ushort c = ch.unicode();
        const ushort *n = s + from;
        const ushort *e = s + str.size();
        if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
            n = QtPrivate::qustrchr(QStringView(n, e), c);
            if (n != e)
                return n - s;
        } else {
            c = foldCase(c);
            --n;
            while (++n != e)
                if (foldCase(*n) == c)
                    return n - s;
        }
    }
    return -1;
}

qsizetype QtPrivate::findString(QStringView haystack0, qsizetype from, QStringView needle0, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    const qsizetype l = haystack0.size();
    const qsizetype sl = needle0.size();
    if (from < 0)
        from += l;
    if (std::size_t(sl + from) > std::size_t(l))
        return -1;
    if (!sl)
        return from;
    if (!l)
        return -1;

    if (sl == 1)
        return qFindChar(haystack0, needle0[0], from, cs);

    /*
        We use the Boyer-Moore algorithm in cases where the overhead
        for the skip table should pay off, otherwise we use a simple
        hash function.
    */
    if (l > 500 && sl > 5)
        return qFindStringBoyerMoore(haystack0, from, needle0, cs);

    auto sv = [sl](const ushort *v) { return QStringView(v, sl); };
    /*
        We use some hashing for efficiency's sake. Instead of
        comparing strings, we compare the hash value of str with that
        of a part of this QString. Only if that matches, we call
        qt_string_compare().
    */
    const ushort *needle = (const ushort *)needle0.data();
    const ushort *haystack = (const ushort *)(haystack0.data()) + from;
    const ushort *end = (const ushort *)(haystack0.data()) + (l - sl);
    const std::size_t sl_minus_1 = sl - 1;
    std::size_t hashNeedle = 0, hashHaystack = 0;
    qsizetype idx;

    if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
        for (idx = 0; idx < sl; ++idx) {
            hashNeedle = ((hashNeedle<<1) + needle[idx]);
            hashHaystack = ((hashHaystack<<1) + haystack[idx]);
        }
        hashHaystack -= haystack[sl_minus_1];

        while (haystack <= end) {
            hashHaystack += haystack[sl_minus_1];
            if (hashHaystack == hashNeedle
                 && qt_compare_strings(needle0, sv(haystack), Qt::CaseSensitive) == 0)
                return haystack - (const ushort *)haystack0.data();

            REHASH(*haystack);
            ++haystack;
        }
    } else {
        const ushort *haystack_start = (const ushort *)haystack0.data();
        for (idx = 0; idx < sl; ++idx) {
            hashNeedle = (hashNeedle<<1) + foldCase(needle + idx, needle);
            hashHaystack = (hashHaystack<<1) + foldCase(haystack + idx, haystack_start);
        }
        hashHaystack -= foldCase(haystack + sl_minus_1, haystack_start);

        while (haystack <= end) {
            hashHaystack += foldCase(haystack + sl_minus_1, haystack_start);
            if (hashHaystack == hashNeedle
                 && qt_compare_strings(needle0, sv(haystack), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
                return haystack - (const ushort *)haystack0.data();

            REHASH(foldCase(haystack, haystack_start));
            ++haystack;
        }
    }
    return -1;
}

template <typename Haystack>
static inline qsizetype qLastIndexOf(Haystack haystack, QChar needle,
                                     qsizetype from, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    if (from < 0)
        from += haystack.size();
    if (std::size_t(from) >= std::size_t(haystack.size()))
        return -1;
    if (from >= 0) {
        ushort c = needle.unicode();
        const auto b = haystack.data();
        auto n = b + from;
        if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
            for (; n >= b; --n)
                if (valueTypeToUtf16(*n) == c)
                    return n - b;
        } else {
            c = foldCase(c);
            for (; n >= b; --n)
                if (foldCase(valueTypeToUtf16(*n)) == c)
                    return n - b;
        }
    }
    return -1;
}

template<typename Haystack, typename Needle>
static qsizetype qLastIndexOf(Haystack haystack0, qsizetype from,
                              Needle needle0, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    const qsizetype sl = needle0.size();
    if (sl == 1)
        return qLastIndexOf(haystack0, needle0.front(), from, cs);

    const qsizetype l = haystack0.size();
    if (from < 0)
        from += l;
    if (from == l && sl == 0)
        return from;
    const qsizetype delta = l - sl;
    if (std::size_t(from) >= std::size_t(l) || delta < 0)
        return -1;
    if (from > delta)
        from = delta;

    auto sv = [sl](const typename Haystack::value_type *v) { return Haystack(v, sl); };

    auto haystack = haystack0.data();
    const auto needle = needle0.data();
    const auto *end = haystack;
    haystack += from;
    const std::size_t sl_minus_1 = sl - 1;
    const auto *n = needle + sl_minus_1;
    const auto *h = haystack + sl_minus_1;
    std::size_t hashNeedle = 0, hashHaystack = 0;
    qsizetype idx;

    if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
        for (idx = 0; idx < sl; ++idx) {
            hashNeedle = (hashNeedle << 1) + valueTypeToUtf16(*(n - idx));
            hashHaystack = (hashHaystack << 1) + valueTypeToUtf16(*(h - idx));
        }
        hashHaystack -= valueTypeToUtf16(*haystack);

        while (haystack >= end) {
            hashHaystack += valueTypeToUtf16(*haystack);
            if (hashHaystack == hashNeedle
                 && qt_compare_strings(needle0, sv(haystack), Qt::CaseSensitive) == 0)
                return haystack - end;
            --haystack;
            REHASH(valueTypeToUtf16(haystack[sl]));
        }
    } else {
        for (idx = 0; idx < sl; ++idx) {
            hashNeedle = (hashNeedle << 1) + foldCaseHelper(n - idx, needle);
            hashHaystack = (hashHaystack << 1) + foldCaseHelper(h - idx, end);
        }
        hashHaystack -= foldCaseHelper(haystack, end);

        while (haystack >= end) {
            hashHaystack += foldCaseHelper(haystack, end);
            if (hashHaystack == hashNeedle
                 && qt_compare_strings(sv(haystack), needle0, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
                return haystack - end;
            --haystack;
            REHASH(foldCaseHelper(haystack + sl, end));
        }
    }
    return -1;
}

qsizetype QtPrivate::findString(QStringView haystack, qsizetype from, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    if (haystack.size() < needle.size())
        return -1;

    QVarLengthArray<ushort> s(needle.size());
    qt_from_latin1(s.data(), needle.latin1(), needle.size());
    return QtPrivate::findString(haystack, from, QStringView(reinterpret_cast<const QChar*>(s.constData()), s.size()), cs);
}

qsizetype QtPrivate::findString(QLatin1String haystack, qsizetype from, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    if (haystack.size() < needle.size())
        return -1;

    QVarLengthArray<ushort> s(haystack.size());
    qt_from_latin1(s.data(), haystack.latin1(), haystack.size());
    return QtPrivate::findString(QStringView(reinterpret_cast<const QChar*>(s.constData()), s.size()), from, needle, cs);
}

qsizetype QtPrivate::findString(QLatin1String haystack, qsizetype from, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    if (haystack.size() < needle.size())
        return -1;

    QVarLengthArray<ushort> h(haystack.size());
    qt_from_latin1(h.data(), haystack.latin1(), haystack.size());
    QVarLengthArray<ushort> n(needle.size());
    qt_from_latin1(n.data(), needle.latin1(), needle.size());
    return QtPrivate::findString(QStringView(reinterpret_cast<const QChar*>(h.constData()), h.size()), from,
                                 QStringView(reinterpret_cast<const QChar*>(n.constData()), n.size()), cs);
}

qsizetype QtPrivate::lastIndexOf(QStringView haystack, qsizetype from, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qLastIndexOf(haystack, from, needle, cs);
}

qsizetype QtPrivate::lastIndexOf(QStringView haystack, qsizetype from, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qLastIndexOf(haystack, from, needle, cs);
}

qsizetype QtPrivate::lastIndexOf(QLatin1String haystack, qsizetype from, QStringView needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qLastIndexOf(haystack, from, needle, cs);
}

qsizetype QtPrivate::lastIndexOf(QLatin1String haystack, qsizetype from, QLatin1String needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) noexcept
{
    return qLastIndexOf(haystack, from, needle, cs);
}

/*!
    \since 4.8

    Returns a Latin-1 representation of the string as a QByteArray.

    The returned byte array is undefined if the string contains non-Latin1
    characters. Those characters may be suppressed or replaced with a
    question mark.

    \sa toUtf8(), toLocal8Bit(), QTextCodec
*/
QByteArray QStringRef::toLatin1() const
{
    return qt_convert_to_latin1(*this);
}

/*!
    \fn QByteArray QStringRef::toAscii() const
    \since 4.8
    \deprecated

    Returns an 8-bit representation of the string as a QByteArray.

    This function does the same as toLatin1().

    Note that, despite the name, this function does not necessarily return an US-ASCII
    (ANSI X3.4-1986) string and its result may not be US-ASCII compatible.

    \sa toLatin1(), toUtf8(), toLocal8Bit(), QTextCodec
*/

/*!
    \since 4.8

    Returns the local 8-bit representation of the string as a
    QByteArray. The returned byte array is undefined if the string
    contains characters not supported by the local 8-bit encoding.

    QTextCodec::codecForLocale() is used to perform the conversion from
    Unicode. If the locale encoding could not be determined, this function
    does the same as toLatin1().

    If this string contains any characters that cannot be encoded in the
    locale, the returned byte array is undefined. Those characters may be
    suppressed or replaced by another.

    \sa toLatin1(), toUtf8(), QTextCodec
*/
QByteArray QStringRef::toLocal8Bit() const
{
    return qt_convert_to_local_8bit(*this);
}

/*!
    \since 4.8

    Returns a UTF-8 representation of the string as a QByteArray.

    UTF-8 is a Unicode codec and can represent all characters in a Unicode
    string like QString.

    \sa toLatin1(), toLocal8Bit(), QTextCodec
*/
QByteArray QStringRef::toUtf8() const
{
    return qt_convert_to_utf8(*this);
}

/*!
    \since 4.8

    Returns a UCS-4/UTF-32 representation of the string as a QVector<uint>.

    UCS-4 is a Unicode codec and therefore it is lossless. All characters from
    this string will be encoded in UCS-4. Any invalid sequence of code units in
    this string is replaced by the Unicode's replacement character
    (QChar::ReplacementCharacter, which corresponds to \c{U+FFFD}).

    The returned vector is not \\0'-terminated.

    \sa toUtf8(), toLatin1(), toLocal8Bit(), QTextCodec
*/
QVector<uint> QStringRef::toUcs4() const
{
    return qt_convert_to_ucs4(*this);
}

/*!
    Returns a string that has whitespace removed from the start and
    the end.

    Whitespace means any character for which QChar::isSpace() returns
    \c true. This includes the ASCII characters '\\t', '\\n', '\\v',
    '\\f', '\\r', and ' '.

    Unlike QString::simplified(), trimmed() leaves internal whitespace alone.

    \since 5.1

    \sa QString::trimmed()
*/
QStringRef QStringRef::trimmed() const
{
    const QChar *begin = cbegin();
    const QChar *end = cend();
    QStringAlgorithms<const QStringRef>::trimmed_helper_positions(begin, end);
    if (begin == cbegin() && end == cend())
        return *this;
    int position = m_position + (begin - cbegin());
    return QStringRef(m_string, position, end - begin);
}

/*!
    Returns the string converted to a \c{long long} using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toLongLong()

    \sa QString::toLongLong()

    \since 5.1
*/

qint64 QStringRef::toLongLong(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return QString::toIntegral_helper<qint64>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

/*!
    Returns the string converted to an \c{unsigned long long} using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toULongLong()

    \sa QString::toULongLong()

    \since 5.1
*/

quint64 QStringRef::toULongLong(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return QString::toIntegral_helper<quint64>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

/*!
    \fn long QStringRef::toLong(bool *ok, int base) const

    Returns the string converted to a \c long using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toLong()

    \sa QString::toLong()

    \since 5.1
*/

long QStringRef::toLong(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return QString::toIntegral_helper<long>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

/*!
    \fn ulong QStringRef::toULong(bool *ok, int base) const

    Returns the string converted to an \c{unsigned long} using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toULongLong()

    \sa QString::toULong()

    \since 5.1
*/

ulong QStringRef::toULong(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return QString::toIntegral_helper<ulong>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}


/*!
    Returns the string converted to an \c int using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toInt()

    \sa QString::toInt()

    \since 5.1
*/

int QStringRef::toInt(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return QString::toIntegral_helper<int>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

/*!
    Returns the string converted to an \c{unsigned int} using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toUInt()

    \sa QString::toUInt()

    \since 5.1
*/

uint QStringRef::toUInt(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return QString::toIntegral_helper<uint>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

/*!
    Returns the string converted to a \c short using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toShort()

    \sa QString::toShort()

    \since 5.1
*/

short QStringRef::toShort(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return QString::toIntegral_helper<short>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}

/*!
    Returns the string converted to an \c{unsigned short} using base \a
    base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.
    Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    If \a base is 0, the C language convention is used: If the string
    begins with "0x", base 16 is used; if the string begins with "0",
    base 8 is used; otherwise, base 10 is used.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toUShort()

    \sa QString::toUShort()

    \since 5.1
*/

ushort QStringRef::toUShort(bool *ok, int base) const
{
    return QString::toIntegral_helper<ushort>(constData(), size(), ok, base);
}


/*!
    Returns the string converted to a \c double value.

    Returns an infinity if the conversion overflows or 0.0 if the
    conversion fails for other reasons (e.g. underflow).

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toDouble()

    For historic reasons, this function does not handle
    thousands group separators. If you need to convert such numbers,
    use QLocale::toDouble().

    \sa QString::toDouble()

    \since 5.1
*/

double QStringRef::toDouble(bool *ok) const
{
    return QLocaleData::c()->stringToDouble(*this, ok, QLocale::RejectGroupSeparator);
}

/*!
    Returns the string converted to a \c float value.

    Returns an infinity if the conversion overflows or 0.0 if the
    conversion fails for other reasons (e.g. underflow).

    If \a ok is not \nullptr, failure is reported by setting *\a{ok}
    to \c false, and success by setting *\a{ok} to \c true.

    The string conversion will always happen in the 'C' locale. For locale
    dependent conversion use QLocale::toFloat()

    \sa QString::toFloat()

    \since 5.1
*/

float QStringRef::toFloat(bool *ok) const
{
    return QLocaleData::convertDoubleToFloat(toDouble(ok), ok);
}

/*!
    \obsolete
    \fn QString Qt::escape(const QString &plain)

    Use QString::toHtmlEscaped() instead.
*/

/*!
    \since 5.0

    Converts a plain text string to an HTML string with
    HTML metacharacters \c{<}, \c{>}, \c{&}, and \c{"} replaced by HTML
    entities.

    Example:

    \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qstring.cpp 7
*/
QString QString::toHtmlEscaped() const
{
    QString rich;
    const int len = length();
    rich.reserve(int(len * 1.1));
    for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
        if (at(i) == QLatin1Char('<'))
            rich += QLatin1String("&lt;");
        else if (at(i) == QLatin1Char('>'))
            rich += QLatin1String("&gt;");
        else if (at(i) == QLatin1Char('&'))
            rich += QLatin1String("&amp;");
        else if (at(i) == QLatin1Char('"'))
            rich += QLatin1String("&quot;");
        else
            rich += at(i);
    }
    rich.squeeze();
    return rich;
}

/*!
  \macro QStringLiteral(str)
  \relates QString

  The macro generates the data for a QString out of the string literal \a str
  at compile time. Creating a QString from it is free in this case, and the
  generated string data is stored in the read-only segment of the compiled
  object file.

  If you have code that looks like this:

  \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qstring.cpp 9

  then a temporary QString will be created to be passed as the \c{hasAttribute}
  function parameter. This can be quite expensive, as it involves a memory
  allocation and the copy/conversion of the data into QString's internal
  encoding.

  This cost can be avoided by using QStringLiteral instead:

  \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qstring.cpp 10

  In this case, QString's internal data will be generated at compile time; no
  conversion or allocation will occur at runtime.

  Using QStringLiteral instead of a double quoted plain C++ string literal can
  significantly speed up creation of QString instances from data known at
  compile time.

  \note QLatin1String can still be more efficient than QStringLiteral
  when the string is passed to a function that has an overload taking
  QLatin1String and this overload avoids conversion to QString.  For
  instance, QString::operator==() can compare to a QLatin1String
  directly:

  \snippet code/src_corelib_tools_qstring.cpp 11

  \note Some compilers have bugs encoding strings containing characters outside
  the US-ASCII character set. Make sure you prefix your string with \c{u} in
  those cases. It is optional otherwise.

  \sa QByteArrayLiteral
*/

/*!
    \internal
 */
void QAbstractConcatenable::appendLatin1To(const char *a, int len, QChar *out) noexcept
{
    qt_from_latin1(reinterpret_cast<ushort *>(out), a, uint(len));
}

QT_END_NAMESPACE