passing by reference... my darkest enemy
actual reason below:
In your case (without reference) the compiler generates a temporary object (int) for the first argument of your MyApplication constructor. You pass this temporary int to QApplication’s constructor (with int reference), which saves the address of this reference. Once your MyApplication constructor is done the temporary int is destroyed but QApplication still has its address.
FIND_PATH(GMP_INCLUDE_DIR gmp.h)
FIND_LIBRARY(GMP_LIBRARY NAMES GMP gmp)
IF (GMP_INCLUDE_DIR AND GMP_LIBRARY)
SET(GMP_FOUND TRUE)
ENDIF (GMP_INCLUDE_DIR AND GMP_LIBRARY)
IF (GMP_FOUND)
IF (NOT GMP_FIND_QUIETLY)
MESSAGE(STATUS "Found GMP: ${GMP_LIBRARY}")
ENDIF (NOT GMP_FIND_QUIETLY)
ELSE (GMP_FOUND)
IF (GMP_FIND_REQUIRED)
MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find GMP")
ENDIF (GMP_FIND_REQUIRED)
ENDIF (GMP_FOUND)