[PyQt] QMovie and underlying C/C++ object has been deleted

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 01.09.11 16:32:36, Alan Ezust wrote:
> Using PyQt Version: 4.6-1, I found this strange thing when I try to create a
> new QMovie, in response to a signal emit.
> 
>     self._movie = QMovie(self)
> traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/home/rats-user/rats-dev/build/py/ratsApp/ui/IconStuff.py", line
> 123, in setActive
>     self._setActiveMethod(active)
>   File "/home/rats-user/rats-dev/build/py/ratsApp/ui/IconStuff.py", line
> 131, in _setActiveMovie
>     self._createMovie()
>   File "/home/rats-user/rats-dev/build/py/ratsApp/ui/IconStuff.py", line
> 161, in _createMovie
>     self._movie = QMovie(self)
> RuntimeError: underlying C/C++ object has been deleted
> 
> I'm not sure I understand why I am seeing this at object creation time.
> Any clues?

Just a wild guess since QMovie takes a QObject-parent, maybe self is the
already-deleted object and not the new QMovie instance...

Andreas