rendered paste body#include <QPointer>#include <QTimer>#include <QEventLoop>#include <QCoreApplication>#include <QDebug>class tst_DeferredDelete: public QObject{ Q_OBJECTprivate slots: void deferredDeletion();};void tst_DeferredDelete::deferredDeletion(){ QObject *obj = new QObject; QPointer<QObject> ptr = obj; qDebug() << !ptr.isNull(); obj->deleteLater(); qDebug() << !ptr.isNull(); QEventLoop loop; QTimer::singleShot(100, &loop, SLOT(quit())); loop.exec(); qDebug() << !ptr.isNull();}int main(int argc, char **argv){ QCoreApplication app(argc, argv); tst_DeferredDelete tst; QTimer::singleShot(0, &tst, SLOT(deferredDeletion())); app.exec();}#include "tst_deferreddelete.moc"$ ./deferredtesttruetruetrue