C++ management of strings allocated by a literal

Question

Do I need to take care of memory allocation, scope and deletion of C++ strings allocated by a literal?

For example:

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Answer 1

You have a different problem with s3, namely that the function func3() returns a pointer into an object that goes out of scope when the function returns. Don't.

To clarify: Your local string object within func3() will cease to exist on return of the function, so no need to delete. However, you still have a pointer to its internal buffer, which you return. You can't use that.

Very good and detailed past answer here, lest more confusion ensues: Is it more efficient to return a const reference