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Diffstat (limited to 'src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp')
-rw-r--r-- | src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp index d125946781..a82242939d 100644 --- a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp @@ -1917,7 +1917,11 @@ void QObject::removeEventFilter(QObject *obj) loop. If the event loop is not running when this function is called (e.g. deleteLater() is called on an object before QCoreApplication::exec()), the object will be deleted once the - event loop is started. + event loop is started. If deleteLater() is called after the main event loop + has stopped, the object will not be deleted. + Since Qt 4.8, if deleteLater() is called on an object that lives in a + thread with no running event loop, the object will be destroyed when the + thread finishes. Note that entering and leaving a new event loop (e.g., by opening a modal dialog) will \e not perform the deferred deletion; for the object to be |