The naming history of 'QLayout::getContentsMargins()' member?

[joonhwan]

In Qt API, the getter function does not seem to use 'get' for its prefix, generally. But when reading Qt code, I met '
getContentsMargins()'. Is there anybody know how come this member is named? ( though I believe trolls can answer this :-) )

[lgeyer]

Most probably because it doesn't return anything (as a getter is usually expected to do), but uses out-parameters instead.
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void QWidget::getContentsMargins(int *left, int *top, int *right, int *bottom) const
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In addition, there is a "conventional" contentsMargin() getter.
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QMargins QWidget::contentsMargins() const
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[joonhwan]

I see. Thanks!