std::ranges:: uninitialized_value_construct

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

Return value

As described above.

Complexity

Linear in the distance between first and last .

Exceptions

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

Notes

An implementation may improve the efficiency of the ranges::uninitialized_value_construct , e.g. by using ranges::fill , if the value type of the range is a CopyAssignable TrivialType .

Possible implementation

struct uninitialized_value_construct_fn
{
    template<no-throw-forward-iterator I, no-throw-sentinel-for<I> S>
        requires std::value_initializable<std::iter_value_t<I>>
    constexpr I operator()(I first, S last) const
    {
        using ValueType = std::remove_reference_t<std::iter_reference_t<I>>;
        if constexpr (std::is_trivially_default_constructible_v<ValueType>)
            return ranges::fill(first, last, ValueType());
        I rollback{first};
        try
        {
            for (; !(first == last); ++first)
                ::new (static_cast<void*>(std::addressof(*first))) ValueType();
            return first;
        }
        catch (...) // rollback: destroy constructed elements
        {
            for (; rollback != first; ++rollback)
                ranges::destroy_at(std::addressof(*rollback));
            throw;
        }
    }
    template<no-throw-forward-range R>
        requires std::default_initializable<ranges::range_value_t<R>>
    constexpr ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R> operator()(R&& r) const
    {
        return (*this)(ranges::begin(r), ranges::end(r));
    }
};
inline constexpr uninitialized_value_construct_fn uninitialized_value_construct{};

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
int main()
{
    struct S { std::string m{"▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀"}; };
    constexpr int n{4};
    alignas(alignof(S)) char out[n * sizeof(S)];
    try
    {
        auto first{reinterpret_cast<S*>(out)};
        auto last{first + n};
        std::ranges::uninitialized_value_construct(first, last);
        auto count{1};
        for (auto it{first}; it != last; ++it)
            std::cout << count++ << ' ' << it->m << '\n';
        std::ranges::destroy(first, last);
    }
    catch (...)
    {
        std::cout << "Exception!\n";
    }
    // For scalar types, uninitialized_value_construct
    // zero-fills the given uninitialized memory area.
    int v[]{0, 1, 2, 3};
    std::cout << ' ';
    for (const int i : v)
        std::cout << ' ' << static_cast<char>(i + 'A');
    std::cout << "\n ";
    std::ranges::uninitialized_value_construct(std::begin(v), std::end(v));
    for (const int i : v)
        std::cout << ' ' << static_cast<char>(i + 'A');
    std::cout << '\n';
}

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Defect reports

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

See also