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<memory>

template<classNoThrowForwardIt,classSize,classT>NoThrowForwardItuninitialized_fill_n(NoThrowForwardItfirst,Sizecount,constT&value); (1)(constexpr since C++26)template<classExecutionPolicy,classNoThrowForwardIt,classSize,classT>NoThrowForwardItuninitialized_fill_n(ExecutionPolicy&&policy,NoThrowForwardItfirst,Sizecount,constT&value); (2) (since C++17)1) Constructs the first count elements in the destination range beginning at first with the given value value as if by

for(;count--;++first)
::new(

voidify

(*first))
typenamestd::iterator_traits<NoThrowForwardIt>::value_type(value);
returnfirst;

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

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

This overload participates in overload resolution only if the value of the following expression is true:

std::is_execution_policy_v<std::decay_t<ExecutionPolicy>>

(until C++20)std::is_execution_policy_v<std::remove_cvref_t<ExecutionPolicy>>

(since C++20)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 Type requirements -NoThrowForwardIt must meet the requirements of

LegacyForwardIterator

. -No increment, assignment, comparison, or indirection through valid instances of NoThrowForwardIt may throw exceptions. Applying &* to a NoThrowForwardIt value must yield a pointer to its value type.(until C++11)Return value

As described above.

Exceptions

2) During the execution process:

If the temporary memory resources required for parallelization are not available,

std::bad_alloc

is thrown.

If an uncaught exception is thrown while accessing objects via an algorithm argument, the behavior is determined by the execution policy (for

standard policies

,

std::terminate

is invoked).

Notes

Feature-test

macroValueStdFeature

__cpp_lib_raw_memory_algorithms

202411L

(C++26)constexpr for

specialized <memory> algorithms

, (

1

)Possible implementation

template<classNoThrowForwardIt,classSize,classT>constexprNoThrowForwardItuninitialized_fill_n(NoThrowForwardItfirst,Sizecount,constT&value){usingV=typenamestd::iterator_traits<NoThrowForwardIt>::value_type;NoThrowForwardItcurrent=first;try{for(;count>0;++current,(void)--count)::new(static_cast<void*>(std::addressof(*current)))V(value);returncurrent;}catch(...){for(;first!=current;++first)first->~V();throw;}returncurrent;}Example

Run this code

#include<algorithm>#include<iostream>#include<memory>#include<string>#include<tuple>intmain(){std::string*p;std::size_tsz;std::tie(p,sz)=std::get_temporary_buffer<std::string>(4);std::uninitialized_fill_n(p,sz,"Example");for(std::string*i=p;i!=p+sz;++i){std::cout<<*i<<'\n';i->~basic_string<char>();}std::return_temporary_buffer(p);}Output:

Example Example Example Example 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 866

C++98 given T as the value type of NoThrowForwardIt, if
T::operatornew exists, the program might be ill-formed uses global placement new instead

LWG 1339

C++98 the location of the first element following
the filling range was not returned returned

LWG 2433

C++11 this algorithm might be hijacked by overloaded operator&uses

std::addressof

See also