delete and vector of pointers

[Marcos Modenesi]

I have a

vector<someClass *> myVector;

to hold just the adresses of someClass's objects dynamically allocated. Say I want to get rid of one of those objects. I guess doing just:

vector<someClass *>::iterator it = myVector.begin();

// search for the element I want to erase( )
for(; it !=myVector.end(); it++){
    if (it->someMember == someVariable){
       
        // deleting process
       
        myVector.erase(it);
        break;
    }
}

would erase only the pointer, and the object would generate a memory leak. So, how to make a deep cleaning?


I'm thinking like this:

it ------> a pointer to a vector's element
*it ------> the object being pointed by it ---------> a pointer to someClass object
**it -----> the object being pointed by the pointer being pointed by iterator it

I guess I should write:

delete *it;

just want to make shure.
I'm not finding any good answer through the web. I'd appreciate your help!

[cire]

Assuming the pointer points to a single instance of someClass:

delete *it ;

Of course if it is pointing to a single instance of someClass, it begs the question: Why not just store the instance directly? (vector<someClass> myVector;)

[Marcos Modenesi]

Thank you. Of course, the reason I'm holding just the adress of someClass objects is that they are more than one and are very "fat" objects (can't find a better word!). They have a lot of members, QWidgets, and so and so...