diff -Naur qt-x11-free-3.0.2.orig/src/tools/qstring.cpp qt-x11-free-3.0.2/src/tools/qstring.cpp
--- qt-x11-free-3.0.2.orig/src/tools/qstring.cpp	Sun Mar  3 14:52:32 2002
+++ qt-x11-free-3.0.2/src/tools/qstring.cpp	Sun Mar  3 14:52:32 2002
@@ -12603,9 +12603,9 @@
   \sa isNull()
 */
 
-QString::QString( int size, bool /*dummy*/ )
+QString::QString( int size, bool make_blank )
 {
-    if ( size ) {
+    if ( size || ( !size && make_blank ) ) {
 	Q2HELPER(stat_construct_int++)
 	int l = size;
 	Q2HELPER(stat_construct_int_size+=l)
@@ -12626,9 +12626,14 @@
 QString::QString( const QByteArray& ba )
 {
     Q2HELPER(stat_construct_ba++)
-    uint l;
-    QChar *uc = internalAsciiToUnicode(ba,&l);
-    d = new QStringData(uc,l,l);
+    if(ba.isNull()) {
+	QString tmp = ba.size() ? QString::fromLocal8Bit(ba.data()) : QString(0,true);
+	tmp.d->ref();
+	d = tmp.d;
+    } else {
+	d = shared_null ? shared_null : makeSharedNull();
+	d->ref();
+    }
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -12679,10 +12684,14 @@
 QString::QString( const char *str )
 {
     Q2HELPER(stat_construct_charstar++)
-    uint l;
-    QChar *uc = internalAsciiToUnicode(str,&l);
-    Q2HELPER(stat_construct_charstar_size+=l)
-    d = new QStringData(uc,l,l);
+    if(str) {
+	QString tmp = str[0] ? QString::fromLocal8Bit(str) : QString(0,true);
+	tmp.d->ref();
+	d = tmp.d;
+    } else {
+	d = shared_null ? shared_null : makeSharedNull();
+	d->ref();
+    }
 }