qt4.8.5 html,html - Where is Qt::escape(const QString & plain) in Qt4.8.6? - Stack Overflow

I need the Qt::escape(const QString & plain), but it seems to be deprecated in my version of Qt 4.

This is my version of Qt4, I am using update-to-date Debian sid distro.

me@debian$ dpkg -l | grep qt4-default

ii qt4-default 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-2+b1 amd64 Qt 4 development defaults package

I googled and searched in Qt's online document, it only tells me it is deprecated in Qt 5. And in Qt5, I can use

QString result = aQString.toHtmlEscaped();

but where is Qt::escape in Qt 4.8.6

And is there other convenient way to do the same thing in several lines of code?

Thanks in advance!