[Qt-interest] Where to create widgets, on stack or heap ?

[Stephen Jackson]

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:03 PM, elizabeta petreska wrote:
> Hello
> I read somewhere that is not safe to create widgets on stack, not even for
> modal dialogs, and that the widgets should always be created on heap. Is
> this correct practice to follow and if yes why?
> And in what circumstances is not safe to create modal dialogs in stack?
> Thanks for your time

If you create any QObject on the stack, you must ensure that it is
destroyed before its parent, if any. This is explained here:

http://doc.trolltech.com/4.5/objecttrees.html

Normally this would be OK in the case of a modal dialog.

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HTH,

Stephen Jackson