id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
3168	Request for boost::array::fill(const T&), following C++0x	niels_dekker	Marshall Clow	"According to the latest C++0x Working Draft, [http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2009/n2857.pdf N2857], std::array will have a member function named ''fill''.

Quoting 23.3.1.5 array::fill [array.fill]:
{{{
requires CopyAssignable<T> void fill(const T& u);
1 Effects: fill_n(begin(), N, u)
}}}

Even while using a compiler that does not support C++0x concepts, I think it's desirable to have this function added to boost::array already.  E.g., as follows:

{{{
        void fill(const T& value)
        {
            std::fill_n(elems, N, value);
        }
}}}

Of course, it is effectively the same as boost::array::assign. Maybe boost::array::assign should become deprecated."	Feature Requests	closed	Boost 1.40.0	array	Boost 1.39.0	Problem	fixed		niels_dekker