#include <QtCore>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
	QCoreApplication app(argc, argv); // just in case something is supposed to happen here...
	QThread t;

	QObject* worker = new QObject(); // similar to https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qthread.html#details
	worker->moveToThread(&t); // incompatible with having a parent
	// let us attempt to simulate parent ownership with a QObject signal
	worker->connect(&t, &QObject::destroyed, &QObject::deleteLater); // leaks without warning because QCoreApplication::postEvent does not find threadData
	
	// a solution is suggested by some examples but https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qthread.html#finished seems to be the only explicit documentation for it
	//worker->connect(&t, &QThread::finished , &QObject::deleteLater); 
	
	t.start();
	t.quit();
	t.wait(); // to avoid a warning
	
	// just in case something is supposed to happen here...
	QMetaObject::invokeMethod(&app, "quit", Qt::QueuedConnection);
	return app.exec();
}