Oh my... This is trivial indeed.
Sometimes you just don't see the wood for the trees. I was afraid that was the case here, and it was...

Quote Originally Posted by anda_skoa View Post
only next() and the constructor do [ed.: look ahead].
Don't know anymore, but to look ahead in the ctor before any hasNext() or next() may have been my blind spot.

Thank you so much for bearing with me.

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I'd like to change the thread title from "QDirIterator internals?" to "[SOLVED] QDirIterator & regex filter" but can't edit the first post anymore. Admin?