GLib/GObject+C as the lingua franca?

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Thiago Macieira wrote:
>>
>>> If you want copiable things, use pointers. I'm implementing a generic
>>> pointer-holding class with atomic reference-counting for Qt 4.5, so
>>> you don't have to write anything.
>>>       
>> That's cool. Taking the above example, would something like this be
>> possible?
>>
>> QList<QRefCountedPointer<QMount>> VolumeMonitor::getMounts()
>>     
>
> Yes.
>   

Will the refcounter be inside QObject or inside the pointer-holding class?

Because in the latter case you would loose the refcount as soon as you 
just pass the pointer to a function or try to cast the pointer:

QRefCountedPointer<A> a = new A();

call_some_function(a.p);

or

QRefCountedPointer<B> = dynamic_cast<B*> a.p;



Norbert