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copied!<p>The question is quite vague... but either way, I guess that you are wondering if pointers stored in a <code>vector</code> would automatically be deleted when <code>clear()</code> is called.</p> <p>This is not the case. Whatever you store in a <code>vector</code> will have its destructor called when <code>clear()</code> occurs. And the destructor of a primitive type (such as a pointer) does.. nothing.</p> <p>From my SGI implementation:</p> <pre><code>/** * Erases all the elements. Note that this function only erases the * elements, and that if the elements themselves are pointers, the * pointed-to memory is not touched in any way. Managing the pointer is * the user's responsibilty. */ void clear() { erase(begin(), end()); } </code></pre> <p>To properly delete items pointers in any STL container, the easiest way is to create a functor and apply it on every item:</p> <pre><code>#include <iostream> #include <cstdlib> #include <vector> #include <functional> #include <algorithm> template <typename ValueT> struct func_delete : public std::unary_function<ValueT,void> { void operator()( ValueT& item ) { delete item; } }; struct Foo { ~Foo() { std::cout << "Foo::~Foo()" << std::endl; } }; template <typename ContainerT> void delete_container( ContainerT& container ) { std::for_each( container.begin(), container.end(), func_delete<typename ContainerT::value_type>() ); } int main( int argc, char** argv ) { std::vector<Foo*> foos; foos.push_back( new Foo ); foos.push_back( new Foo ); foos.push_back( new Foo ); // Either of these two lines will work //std::for_each( foos.begin(), foos.end(), func_delete<Foo*>() ); //delete_container( foos ); foos.clear(); return EXIT_SUCCESS; } </code></pre>

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