std::uninitialized_value_construct - cppreference.com (original) (raw)

Defined in header
template< class NoThrowForwardIt > void uninitialized_value_construct( NoThrowForwardIt first, NoThrowForwardIt last ); (1) (since C++17) (constexpr since C++26)
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class NoThrowForwardIt > void uninitialized_value_construct( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, NoThrowForwardIt first, NoThrowForwardIt last ); (2) (since C++17)

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

  1. Same as (1), but executed according to policy.

This overload participates in overload resolution only if all following conditions are satisfied:

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[edit] Parameters

first, last - the pair of iterators defining the range of elements to initialize
policy - the execution policy to use
Type requirements
-NoThrowForwardIt must meet the requirements of LegacyForwardIterator.
-No increment, assignment, comparison, or indirection through valid instances of NoThrowForwardIt may throw exceptions.

[edit] Complexity

Linear in the distance between first and last.

[edit] Exceptions

The overload with a template parameter named ExecutionPolicy reports errors as follows:

[edit] Notes

Feature-test macro Value Std Feature
__cpp_lib_raw_memory_algorithms 202411L (C++26) constexpr for specialized memory algorithms, (1)

[edit] Possible implementation

template constexpr void uninitialized_value_construct(NoThrowForwardIt first, NoThrowForwardIt last) { using Value = typename std::iterator_traits::value_type; NoThrowForwardIt current = first; try { for (; current != last; ++current) { ::new (static_cast<void*>(std::addressof(*current))) Value(); } } catch (...) { std::destroy(first, current); throw; } }

[edit] Example

#include #include #include   int main() { struct S { std::string m{"Default value"}; };   constexpr int n{3}; alignas(alignof(S)) unsigned char mem[n * sizeof(S)];   try { auto first{reinterpret_cast<S*>(mem)}; auto last{first + n};   std::uninitialized_value_construct(first, last);   for (auto it{first}; it != last; ++it) std::cout << it->m << '\n';   std::destroy(first, last); } catch (...) { std::cout << "Exception!\n"; }   // For scalar types, uninitialized_value_construct // zero-fills the given uninitialized memory area. int v[]{1, 2, 3, 4}; for (const int i : v) std::cout << i << ' '; std::cout << '\n'; std::uninitialized_value_construct(std::begin(v), std::end(v)); for (const int i : v) std::cout << i << ' '; std::cout << '\n'; }

Output:

Default value Default value Default value 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0

[edit] 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

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