I can't use std::vector of auto_ptr - should i use shared_ptr?

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Published on 2010-03-15T10:56:55Z Indexed on 2010/03/15 10:59 UTC
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I don't really need to share the objects, but i do want to make sure no memory leakage occurs. Is it correct to use shared_ptr in this case?

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