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diff --git a/devel-docs/toolkits.md b/devel-docs/toolkits.md index fc04d103..c05318a8 100644 --- a/devel-docs/toolkits.md +++ b/devel-docs/toolkits.md @@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Sources: [`gtk4/gtk/a11y`](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/tree/main/gtk/a1 Sources: [`qtbase/src/gui/accessible/linux`](https://github.com/qt/qtbase/tree/dev/src/gui/accessible/linux) +Note: Qt's implementation of +[Cache.GetItems](https://github.com/qt/qtbase/blob/dev/src/gui/accessible/linux/qspi_struct_marshallers.cpp#L41-L71) +uses the old signature `a((so)(so)(so)a(so)assusau)` instead of the +preferred/new `a((so)(so)(so)iiassusau)`. + ## WebKit Sources: [`WebKit/Source/WebCore/accessibility/atspi`](https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/tree/main/Source/WebCore/accessibility/atspi) diff --git a/xml/Cache.xml b/xml/Cache.xml index f5ef4d4d..7000bc97 100644 --- a/xml/Cache.xml +++ b/xml/Cache.xml @@ -69,11 +69,13 @@ - au: Set of states currently held by an object. Equivalent to the GetState method of the org.a11y.atspi.Accessible interface. - Historical note: This method used to have a different signature for the return - value. Some old applications return a value whose signature is - "a((so)(so)(so)a(so)assusau)". The "a(so)" instead of "ii" is a list of - references to child objects. The implementation in atspi-misc.c can handle either - version. + Deprecation note: The signature for the return value of this method changed in + 2015, in commit b2c8c4c7. It used to be "a((so)(so)(so)a(so)assusau)". The + "a(so)" instead of "ii" is a list of references to child objects. The + implementation in atspi-misc.c can handle either version, although the intention + is to deprecate the code that handles the old version. Qt still uses this old + signature and should be changed to the new scheme (see qspi_struct_marshallers.cpp + in the Qt source code). --> <method name="GetItems"> <arg direction="out" name="nodes" type="a((so)(so)(so)iiassusau)"/> |