[Interest] QObject.destroyed() not working?!

[Frank Rueter | OHUfx]

Thanks Thiago,

that makes sense.

Cheers,
frank

On 27/03/17 7:48 PM, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On domingo, 26 de março de 2017 18:52:48 PDT Frank Rueter | OHUfx wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm pretty sure I'm misinterpreting how this should work so maybe you
>> guys can help:
>>
>> I have a QObject which I would like to run a simple clean up job just
>> before it's destroyed.
>> I thought I could simply do this in it's constructor:
>>       self.destroyed.connect(self.__cleanUp)
>>
>> Then have self.__cleanUp() to the work.
>> However, a simple print statement inside self.__cleanUp() shows that
>> it's never run.
> I don't speak Python, so I am answering in terms of C++:
>
> QObject::destroyed() is emitted from QObject's own destructor. That means the
> object, at the time, *IS* a QObject and not your class. There is no slot
> called "__cleanUp" at that time anymore.
>
> destroyed() is useful for another QObject to perform some actions, not for the
> same object. If you need some actions to be performed at the time of
> destruction, just put them in your class's destructor.
>