deleting QStringList

[timmu]

How do you completely delete (and deallocate memory) a QStringList?
Is emptying a QStringList the same as deleting it?

Thanks.

[aamer4yu]

From the docs -

QStringList inherits from QList<QString>.
You dont have pointers stored in QStringList,,only objects. So When you clear it, the object must be deleted or whatever. You should not be concerned about it.
Unless you used something like - QList<QString*>.

[timmu]

Does this mean that the following will delete a QStringList:



QStringList myList;
........
........
myList = QStringList();


Can the same logic be used to delete a QTableWidget?

[caduel]

Can the same logic be used to delete a QTableWidget?
No.

You only "delete" heap allocated objects (i.e. stuff allocated with new).
Use delete (or deleteLater()).

Stack-allocated stuff like your QStringList is "destroyed" when it goes out of scope.

{
QStringList xyz;
...
} // xyz is destroyed here automatically


Heap:

QStringList *heap_sl = new QStringList;
...
delete heap_sl;
Heap-allocation is slower and more error-prone. So don't use it when stack based allocation is good enough for your needs.

[darshan.hardas]

The deletion can be done by using

qDeleteAll(...)

This will call the delete function on each element inside the specified container.

[caduel]

but please note the difference between

QList<QString*>
and

QList<QString>*
qDeleteAll only makes sense for the former; but also note that a QStringList is probably the better choice anyway.