[API addition] AbstractMediaStream::setAutoDelete

[Bradley T Hughes]

On Monday 27 August 2007 11:59:31 Matthias Kretz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to add two methods to Phonon::AbstractMediaStream to allow for
> easier memory management. Basically so far the ownership of the stream
> stayed with the application, but I want to give the application the
> possibility to pass ownership to Phonon.

> Rationale: The application cannot know the exact point in the application
> where the stream is not used anymore. And most of the time it's a "create,
> set and forget about it" operation anyway. I even need the autoDelete
> property internally for the KIO stream.

If the app cannot know when to delete something, then why not have ownership 
completely in Phonon instead?

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