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OR should I do something like this to avoid memory leak? <br />
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some_struct* temp = remove_first_member();<br />
delete temp;
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OR should I do something like this to avoid memory leak?

some_struct* temp = remove_first_member();
delete temp;

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<pre><code id="code-10-28309322-1">struct some_struct {

}

std::vector&lt;some_struct *&gt; list_of_struct;
list_of_struct.push_back(new some_struct());

some_struct* remove_first_member() {
	std::vector&lt;some_struct *&gt;::iterator it( list_of_struct.begin());
	some_struct  *temp = *it;
	 list_of_struct.erase(it);
	return temp;
}

// somewhere in main I am calling
remove_first_member(); // There is no lvalue even though the function returns pointer
                                        // to some_struct</code></pre>
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Will this leak memory?
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Does this leak memory

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