* refined QRCodeDetector API for OpenCV 4.0

* expanded and tested QRCodeDetector::detectAndDecode()

This reverts commit 7349b8f5 (partially).

* integrated the new C++ persistence; removed old persistence; most of OpenCV compiles fine! the tests have not been run yet

* fixed multiple bugs in the new C++ persistence

* fixed raw size of the parsed empty sequences

* [temporarily] excluded obsolete applications traincascade and createsamples from build

* fixed several compiler warnings and multiple test failures

* undo changes in cocoa window rendering (that was fixed in another PR)

* fixed more compile warnings and the remaining test failures (hopefully)

* trying to fix the last little warning

* Updated ICV packages and IPP integration

* core(test): minMaxIdx IPP regression test

* core(ipp): workaround minMaxIdx problem

* core(ipp): workaround meanStdDev() CV_32FC3 buffer overrun

* Returned semicolon after CV_INSTRUMENT_REGION_IPP()

  * use boundingRect instead of manual loop

- drop unnecessary matrix initialization

Update hog.cpp (#12649)

* Cleanup macros and enable expansion of `__VA_ARGS__` for Visual Studio

* Macros for enum-arguments backwards compatibility

* Convert struct Param to enum struct

* Enabled ParamType.type for enum types

* Enabled `cv.read` and `cv.write` for enum types

* Rename unnamed enum to AAKAZE.DescriptorType

* Rename unnamed enum to AccessFlag

* Rename unnamed enum to AgastFeatureDetector.DetectorType

* Convert struct DrawMatchesFlags to enum struct

* Rename unnamed enum to FastFeatureDetector.DetectorType

* Rename unnamed enum to Formatter.FormatType

* Rename unnamed enum to HOGDescriptor.HistogramNormType

* Rename unnamed enum to DescriptorMatcher.MatcherType

* Rename unnamed enum to KAZE.DiffusivityType

* Rename unnamed enum to ORB.ScoreType

* Rename unnamed enum to UMatData.MemoryFlag

* Rename unnamed enum to _InputArray.KindFlag

* Rename unnamed enum to _OutputArray.DepthMask

* Convert normType enums to static const NormTypes

* Avoid conflicts with ElemType

* Rename unnamed enum to DescriptorStorageFormat

* bgr2gray 8u fixed to be in conformance with IPP code

* coefficients fixed so their sum is 32768

* java test for CascadeDetect fixed: equalizeHist added

* Add HPX backend for OpenCV implementation
Adds hpx backend for cv::parallel_for_() calls respecting the nstripes chunking parameter. C++ code for the backend is added to modules/core/parallel.cpp. Also, the necessary changes to cmake files are introduced.
Backend can operate in 2 versions (selectable by cmake build option WITH_HPX_STARTSTOP): hpx (runtime always on) and hpx_startstop (start and stop the backend for each cv::parallel_for_() call)

* WIP: Conditionally include hpx_main.hpp to tests in core module
Header hpx_main.hpp is included to both core/perf/perf_main.cpp and core/test/test_main.cpp.
The changes to cmake files for linking hpx library to above mentioned test executalbles are proposed but have issues.

* Add coditional iclusion of hpx_main.hpp to cpp cpu modules

* Remove start/stop version of hpx backend

improve error checks