Well that's the thing, Qt already has its smart pointer types which work with the QObject system - e.g. QPointer. You certainly wouldn't want to have a double l

Well that's the thing, Qt already has its smart pointer types which work with the QObject system - e.g. QPointer. You certainly wouldn't want to have a double layer of indirection, just like std::shared_ptr<QStuff> is an antipattern