QObjects on interfaces

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 25.07.08 14:14:54, Michal 'vorner' Vaner wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 01:55:26PM +0200, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > Another problem with QObject: You can't copy them or pass them via
> > const-ref. The only way to pass around a QObject is by pointer and its
> > not really nice to change a pure "datastructure" class that is copyable
> > and assignable to something that needs more thinking. Specifically about
> > object-ownership.
> 
> Correction: you can pass anything as ref or const-ref. Ref is internally
> just a pointer, it just pretends not to be. You just have to make sure
> it does never copy out of the ref (assignment to something static) and
> it does not die when some of the references still exist.

Of course, must be the heat around here :)

> And, you can always write your own operator= and create yourself a new
> QObject as the base, if you need it.

Ok, technically it is possible. But in practice it usually doesn't make
too much sense.

Andreas

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