initilization of QScopedPointer

I have a empty QScopedPointer defined in a header.

Code:

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QScopedPointer<HardwareInterface> hwi;

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I know that I can initilize it doing this in my class.

Code:

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MainClass::MainClass(QObject *parent) :
    QObject(parent), hwi(new HardwareInterface())
{
}

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But is there another way to do it in the main-line of the code? For example maybe I need to get the values of parameters before I init it.

I have tried this,

Code:

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hwi = QScopedPointer<HardwareInterface>(new HardwareInterface());

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but I get this error:

Code:

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/home/trey/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/gcc_64/include/QtCore/qglobal.h:979: error: 'QScopedPointer<T, Cleanup>& QScopedPointer<T, Cleanup>::operator=(const QScopedPointer<T, Cleanup>&) [with T = HardwareInterface; Cleanup = QScopedPointerDeleter<HardwareInterface>]' is private
     Class &operator=(const Class &) Q_DECL_EQ_DELETE;
            ^

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whatever that means.

You can set the pointer after initialization using the reset method.

Or use a QSharedPointer.

Cheers,
_

thanks!

I guess I should of looked for something that took a pointer and returned a QScopedPointer.