1) Constructs objects of type typename std::iterator_traits<NoThrowForwardIt>::value_type in the uninitialized memory area [first, last) by value-initialization, as if by

for (; first != last; ++first)
    ::new (voidify(*first))
        typename std::iterator_traits<NoThrowForwardIt>::value_type();

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.

Parameters

Complexity

Linear in the distance between first and last.

Exceptions

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

• If execution of a function invoked as part of the algorithm throws an exception and ExecutionPolicy is one of the standard policies, std::terminate is called. For any other ExecutionPolicy, the behavior is implementation-defined.
• If the algorithm fails to allocate memory, std::bad_alloc is thrown.

Notes

Possible implementation

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

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>

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';
}

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

Defect reports

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

See also