State of “memset” functionality in C++ with modern compilers

Question

Context:

A while ago, I stumbled upon this 2001 DDJ article by Alexandrescu: http://www.ddj.com/cpp/184403799

It\'s about comparing various ways to initialize

Answer 1

d) Accept that trying to play "jedi mind tricks" with the initialization will lead to more lost programmer hours than the cumulative milliseconds difference between some obscure but fast method versus something obvious and clear.