QList acting strange

Question

Hi!

I don't have much experience with Qt but somehow I think this is acting strange. Compiled with VS2005:

    class Entry {
    public: Entry(const QString& aName, bool checked) : 
        name(aName), isChecked(checked)
    { 
        // empty 
    };

    public: Entry(const Entry& entry) : 
        name(entry.name), isChecked(entry.isChecked)
    { 
        // empty 
    };

    public: Entry& operator=(const Entry& entry)
    {
        name = entry.name;
        isChecked = entry.isChecked;
        return *this;
    }

    public: QString name;
    public: bool isChecked;
};
typedef QList<conduit::Entry> EntryVector;

When using EntryVector in the following lines, the entry in QList becomes a bad pointer:

void EntryWidget::setEntries(QStringList& names)
{
        QStringList::iterator member;
    EntryVector list;
    for (member = names.begin(); member != names.end(); ++member)
    {
    Entry entry(*member, false);
    list.append(entry);
    }
    m_model.setEntryData(list);
    }

Somehow, entry.name in the list will become a bad pointer. My understanding is that QList should be able to support any data in its template, but for some reason that I yet do not understand this does not work. Everything works just fine if I use a STL Vector.

Any ideas? Thanks

Answer 1

"entry.name" isn't a pointer - it's declared as a QString, here:

public: QString name;

So, what do you mean by "entry.name will become a bad pointer"?

Most likely, some other part of your program is causing a memory corruption.