No static version of a QFileSystemWatcher/QObject possible?

[youkai]

Hello.

This is a simplified version of the corresponding header file:

#ifndef QU_H_
#define QU_H_
 
#include <QObject>
#include <QFileSystemWatcher>
 
class QU: QObject {
	Q_OBJECT
public:
	QU(QObject *parent = 0);
	static QFileSystemWatcher Watcher;
};
 
#endif /*QU_H_*/

#ifndef QU_H_
#define QU_H_

#include <QObject>
#include <QFileSystemWatcher>

class QU: QObject {
	Q_OBJECT
public:
	QU(QObject *parent = 0);
	static QFileSystemWatcher Watcher;
};

#endif /*QU_H_*/

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And here the source file (QU.cpp):

#include "QU.h"
 
QFileSystemWatcher QU::Watcher = QFileSystemWatcher();
QU::QU(QObject *parent): QObject(parent) {}

#include "QU.h"

QFileSystemWatcher QU::Watcher = QFileSystemWatcher();
QU::QU(QObject *parent): QObject(parent) {}

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Well, the initialization of that static member variable is necessary, because otherwise there will be a "undefinied reference to" in the linker.

But I cannot compile the QU.cpp. The error:

QU.cpp: In copy constructor `QFileSystemWatcher::QFileSystemWatcher(const QFileSystemWatcher&)':
../../../../Tools/Qt/4.3.5/include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qobject.h:292: error: `QObject::QObject(const QObject&)' is private
QU.cpp:230: error: within this context

What's going on? A static version of a QDir object works fine...

Edit: Well, QDir() is not derived from QObject. Could it be that no QObject could be static because of the signal/slot concept?

[jacek]

The error says that you can't copy QObjects, not that it can't be static.

Try:

QFileSystemWatcher QU::Watcher;

QFileSystemWatcher QU::Watcher;

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