# Making an object without a pointer

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-an-object-without-a-pointer/284216>\
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**Created:** [March 16, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-an-object-without-a-pointer/284216 "2009-03-16T19:48:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-an-object-without-a-pointer/284216/1 "2009-03-16T19:48:02Z")

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What’s the difference between creating an object with a pointer and without a pointer?

```auto

MyObject objectName();

MyObject* objectName = new MyObject();

```

Without a pointer, does the object get destroyed automatically when the function call is over? That is, is it not in dynamic memory and just treated as a primitive variable?