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PyQt v4.4.3 and SIP v4.7.7 released

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Riverbank Computing has announced the release of PyQt v4.4.3 and SIP v4.7.7. SIP is a tool for generating Python bindings for C and C++ libraries; PyQt is the Python bindings for Qt, based on SIP.

Changelog for PyQt:

  • Qt 4.4.1 support
  • a QChar can now be used whenever a QString is expected
  • all read related methods that take a maximum read length will now raise an exception if the length is negative
  • the QVariant constructor that took a QVariantList argument has been replaced with the fromList() static method
  • the QVariant constructor that took a QVariantMap argument has been replaced with the fromMap() static method
  • added the embeddeddialogs.py and padnavigator.py examples from Igor Prischepoff.
  • bug fixes

Changelog for SIP:

  • C++ structs are now properly handled as a class with a default public section.
  • sip.dump() now includes the object's first child wrapper.
  • bug fixes

Downloads for PyQt here, and for SIP here (Windows binary for PyQt available, otherwise just source tarballs).