Can I force std::vector to leave a memory leak?

Question

Can I force std::vector to not deallocate its memory after the vector goes out of scope?

For example, if I have

Answer 1

In C++ you would most probably write:

auto foo()
{
    std::vector v(10,1); // trivial vector
    return v;
}

int main()
{
    const auto bar = foo();
    std::cout << bar[5] << std::endl;
}