std::ranges::uninitialized_fill_n

 

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Defined in header <memory>
Call signature
template< no-throw-forward-range I, class T >     requires std::constructible_from<std::iter_value_t<I>, const T&> I uninitialized_fill_n( I first, std::iter_difference_t<I> count,                         const T& value );		(since C++20) (constexpr since C++26)

Copies value to an uninitialized memory area first + [​0​, count) as if by return ranges::uninitialized_fill(std::counted_iterator(first, count),
                                  std::default_sentinel, value).base();

If an exception is thrown during the initialization, the objects already constructed are destroyed in an unspecified order.

The function-like entities described on this page are algorithm function objects (informally known as niebloids), that is:

• Explicit template argument lists cannot be specified when calling any of them.
• None of them are visible to argument-dependent lookup.
• When any of them are found by normal unqualified lookup as the name to the left of the function-call operator, argument-dependent lookup is inhibited.

Parameters

first	-	the beginning of the range of the elements to initialize
count	-	number of elements to construct
value	-	the value to construct the elements with

Return value

As described above.

Complexity

Linear in count.

Exceptions

Any exception thrown on construction of the elements in the destination range.

Notes

An implementation may improve the efficiency of the ranges::uninitialized_fill_n, e.g. by using ranges::fill_n, if the value type of the output range is TrivialType.

Feature-test macro	Value	Std	Feature
__cpp_lib_raw_memory_algorithms	202411L	(C++26)	constexpr for specialized memory algorithms

Possible implementation

struct uninitialized_fill_n_fn { template<no-throw-forward-range I, class T> requires std::constructible_from<std::iter_value_t<I>, const T&> I operator()(I first, std::iter_difference_t<I> n, const T& x) const { I rollback{first}; try { for (; n-- > 0; ++first) ranges::construct_at(std::addressof(*first), x); return first; } catch (...) // rollback: destroy constructed elements { for (; rollback != first; ++rollback) ranges::destroy_at(std::addressof(*rollback)); throw; } } };   inline constexpr uninitialized_fill_n_fn uninitialized_fill_n{};

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
 
int main()
{
    constexpr int n{3};
    alignas(alignof(std::string)) char out[n * sizeof(std::string)];
 
    try
    {
        auto first{reinterpret_cast<std::string*>(out)};
        auto last = std::ranges::uninitialized_fill_n(first, n, "cppreference");
 
        for (auto it{first}; it != last; ++it)
            std::cout << *it << '\n';
 
        std::ranges::destroy(first, last);
    }
    catch (...)
    {
        std::cout << "Exception!\n";
    }
}

Output:

cppreference
cppreference
cppreference

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 3870	C++20	this algorithm might create objects on a const storage	kept disallowed

See also

ranges::uninitialized_fill (C++20)	copies an object to an uninitialized area of memory, defined by a range (algorithm function object)
uninitialized_fill_n	copies an object to an uninitialized area of memory, defined by a start and a count (function template)