c++/10529: C++ front-end troubles with uninitialized_fill_n

[bangerth@dealii.org]

Synopsis: C++ front-end troubles with uninitialized_fill_n

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: bangerth
State-Changed-When: Mon Apr 28 22:46:40 2003
State-Changed-Why:
    Hm, I'm not sure I understand what is going on. Your code
    reduces to this:
    -----------------------
    #include <memory>
    
    class X {
      public:
        X(int i);
      private:
        X(const X&);
    };
    
    int main() {
      std::uninitialized_fill_n( (X*)0, 3, X(2) ) ;
    }
    -------------------------
    which indeed fails to compile since X has no public copy
    constructor. However, the draft standard has this wording:
    
    20.4.4.3 uninitialized_fill_n              [lib.uninitialized.fill.n]
    
    template <class ForwardIterator, class Size, class T>
    void uninitialized_fill_n(ForwardIterator first, Size n, const T& x);
    
      Effects:
    
    while (n--)
              new (static_cast<void*>(&*result++))
                      typename iterator_traits<ForwardIterator>::value_type(*first++);
    
    So it uses placement new to generate a -- well, that
    seems like a defect, but if we take the respective
    statement from right above that place (unitialized_fill),
    it reads
    
     new (static_cast<void*>(&*first++))
                      typename iterator_traits<ForwardIterator>::value_type(x);
    
    So that would make a copy of x, no? I would say that then
    we need a public copy constructor. What am I missing?
    
    W.

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