Is std::vector copying the objects with a push_back?

Question

After a lot of investigations with valgrind, I\'ve made the conclusion that std::vector makes a copy of an object you want to push_back.

Is that really true ? A vect

Answer 1

Yes, std::vector stores copies. How should vector know what the expected life-times of your objects are?

If you want to transfer or share ownership of the objects use pointers, possibly smart pointers like shared_ptr (found in Boost or TR1) to ease resource management.