[Qt-interest] QThread event loop running in main thread?

[Thiago Macieira]

On Tuesday, 28 de December de 2010 19:33:12 K. Frank wrote:
> Thiago, could you elaborate on this?

Unforuntately, no. Brad is the one who knows more about this. He explained to 
me once, but I don't remember the details.

> What does "moveToThread (this)" do that is different than (or more
> pernicious than) "moveToThread (someThreadOtherThanThis)"?

Well, it's not the current thread. What happens to events that are posted to 
this object after the thread has exited?

> What more does it do than I probably think?
> 
> I thought I had a good understanding of the Qt threading model,
> but according to my understanding, "moveToThread (this)" is
> technically legitimate.  (Whether it's good design or Qt-idiomatic
> would be a separate discussion.)  So, given your comments, I'm
> now concerned that my understanding is incorrect.

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