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authorKai Köhne <kai.koehne@qt.io>2023-12-03 15:43:45 +0100
committerKai Köhne <kai.koehne@qt.io>2023-12-18 13:56:04 +0100
commita659dcf031e6c4ce112a9ec2e6d8f94f3ce96992 (patch)
tree8a762be7a0c555a5f5c37fb3164ebfcb7071f644 /src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp
parent7120859fdb34cb7d80a183f1a8327b88d0fa7e10 (diff)
Doc: Remove references to Qt 4 in Qt 5.0 in Qt Core documentation
Pick-to: 6.6 6.7 Change-Id: Ide0c1ed441c923753f1e81141460719161662c15 Reviewed-by: Jaishree Vyas <jaishree.vyas@qt.io> Reviewed-by: Nicholas Bennett <nicholas.bennett@qt.io>
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diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp b/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp
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+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qthread.cpp
@@ -256,17 +256,16 @@ QThreadPrivate::~QThreadPrivate()
documentation for terminate() and setTerminationEnabled() for
detailed information.
- From Qt 4.8 onwards, it is possible to deallocate objects that
- live in a thread that has just ended, by connecting the
- finished() signal to QObject::deleteLater().
+ You often want to deallocate objects that live in a thread when
+ a thread ends. To do this, connect the finished() signal to
+ QObject::deleteLater().
Use wait() to block the calling thread, until the other thread
has finished execution (or until a specified time has passed).
QThread also provides static, platform independent sleep
functions: sleep(), msleep(), and usleep() allow full second,
- millisecond, and microsecond resolution respectively. These
- functions were made public in Qt 5.0.
+ millisecond, and microsecond resolution respectively.
\note wait() and the sleep() functions should be unnecessary in
general, since Qt is an event-driven framework. Instead of