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/*!
\page qmllint-warnings-and-errors-import-file-selector.html
\ingroup qmllint-warnings-and-errors
 
\title Import file selector
\brief [import-file-selector] Imports using file selectors.
 
\qmllintwarningcategory import-file-selector
 
This category is disabled by default due to current limitations in QML tooling towards
QML modules with file selectors.
 
\section1 Warnings occurred while importing
 
\section2 What happened?
The QML tooling found ambiguous types in an \l{Import Statements}{imported module}
due to \l{Using File Selectors with Qt Quick Controls}{file selector} usages in the
imported module. The QML runtime selects the appropriate file based on a runtime
configuration, while the QML tooling has no information on which file will be
selected, creating the ambiguity.
 
 
\section2 Why is that bad?
QML tooling can't use the import: the \l{Qt Quick Compiler}{compiler} can't compile
this file to C++ and \l{qmllint} as well as \l{\QMLLS} can't provide useful warnings
on that file.
 
\omit
// TODO: add example once there is a way to make tooling understand file selectors
\section2 Example
\qml
// Main.qml
import QtQuick
 
Item {
}
\endqml
To fix this warning, ...
 
\qml
import QtQuick
 
Item {
}
\endqml
 
\endomit
*/