[Development] Ref-counted quit

[Thiago Macieira]

On Monday, 2 de January de 2012 14.47.20, Olivier Goffart wrote:
> > > > It sounds like the QCoreApplication object will be deleted when the
> > > > count reaches zero, which isn't true.
> > >
> > > Yes, it is true.
> >
> > To be clear: are you agreeing with me ("what you said is true") or are you
> > disagreeing with me ("what you said isn't true actually is true") ?
> 
> "what you said isn't true actually is true"

bool mycondition = true;

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
     QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
     while (mycondition) {
         app.exec();
     }
}

The reference counter going to zero does not cause the QCoreApplication to be 
deleted. It merely causes the event loop to exit. That's why I call it ugly 
and under-defined.

I may be persuaded to allow a simple API in QtCore, if you guys can propose a 
good API, but I will definitely not agree to it being ref() and deref() in 
QCoreApplication.

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