Obsolete Members for QScopedPointer | Qt Core 6.7.3
Description: The QScopedPointer class stores a pointer to a dynamically allocated object, and deletes it upon destruction.

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# Obsolete Members for QScopedPointer

The following members of class QScopedPointer are deprecated. They are provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using them in new code.

## Public Functions

`(deprecated in 6.1)` T * | take()

## Related Non-Members

`(deprecated in 6.1)` void | swap(QScopedPointer<T, Cleanup> &lhs, QScopedPointer<T, Cleanup> &rhs)

## Member Function Documentation

### `[noexcept, deprecated in 6.1]` T *QScopedPointer::take()

This function is deprecated since 6.1. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Use `std::unique_ptr` and `release()` instead.

Returns the value of the pointer referenced by this object. The pointer of this QScopedPointer object will be reset to `nullptr`.

Callers of this function take ownership of the pointer.

## Related Non-Members

### `[noexcept, deprecated in 6.1]` void swap(QScopedPointer<T, Cleanup> &lhs, QScopedPointer<T, Cleanup> &rhs)

This function is deprecated since 6.1. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

Use `std::unique_ptr` instead; this function may let a pointer escape its scope.

Swaps lhs with rhs.