[PyKDE] Destroying pyqt child widgets

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Brent Burley wrote:

> Thanks.  removeChild does seem to do the trick in most cases and
> certainly seems like the cleaner approach.  However, it relies on the
> Python references going away before the widget can be destroyed.  This
> is usually fine unless you have a reference leak (which still seems to
> happen a lot in PyQt unfortunately).  If you do have a reference leak,
> removeChild will leave you with a child widget that is still being
> displayed but is now unmanaged - a bad situation.
>

I haven't encountered PyQt reference leaks yet, but if there are any,
they should be eradicated with extreme prejudice :-). If I try to use
the reparent function, then my entire window disappears.


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