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Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization

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Kevin McCarty<kmccarty@gmail.com>  writes:
>>   All you need to do is use `std::vector::reserve` to allocate as
>>  much space as you plan to use. Then use `emplace_back` to construct
>>  each addition to the `vector` in-place.
>
>  There are at least two situations I can think of, where it would be
>  *very* useful to be able to initialize or resize a vector of PODs such
>  that the newly allocated elements will have no initialization
>  performed.  (I'm ambivalent as to the exact mechanics Henrik
>  proposed.)

Agreed, this would be a nice feature to have.

It's obviously a more dangerous operation than most, so a suitably
scary name ("resize_uninitialized_yes_yes_I_know_what_Im_doing")
might be called for...

Right now, I just use a wrapper class for the stored element type to
achieve this effect, but that's less flexible and can be awkward.

-Miles

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Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization henrikv <henrik.vallgren@stream-space.com> - 2012-03-19 23:35 -0700
  Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization Francis Glassborow<francis.glassborow@btinternet.com> - 2012-03-21 11:35 -0700
    Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization henrikv<henrik.vallgren@stream-space.com> - 2012-03-23 17:09 -0700
      Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-24 19:25 -0700
      Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization Francis Glassborow <francis.glassborow@btinternet.com> - 2012-03-24 19:28 -0700
  Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization Jason McKesson<jmckesson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 11:35 -0700
    Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization henrikv<henrik.vallgren@stream-space.com> - 2012-03-23 17:10 -0700
      Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization Jason McKesson<jmckesson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 17:55 -0700
      Re: Request for std::vector and possibly others: mi brangdon@cix.compulink.co.uk (Dave Harris) - 2012-03-24 19:24 -0700
      Re: Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2012-03-27 12:10 -0700
    Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization Kevin McCarty<kmccarty@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 17:11 -0700
      Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others:   minimal initalization Miles Bader<miles@gnu.org> - 2012-03-24 17:55 -0700
        Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization henrikv <henrik.vallgren@stream-space.com> - 2012-03-25 23:14 -0700
      Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization Jason McKesson <jmckesson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 19:27 -0700
      Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization Pedro Lamarão<pedro.lamarao@gmail.com> - 2012-03-29 12:28 -0700
        Re: Request för std::vector and possibly others: minimal initalization Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-29 13:17 -0700

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