How to fill an array of unique_ptr?

Question

Is it possible to use std:fill to fill an array of unique_ptrs? The intention is to have distinct pointers to distinct objects which are initialize

Answer 1

I don't think you can do it with std::fill() but it is trivial to do with std::generate():

std::unique_ptr array[10];
std::generate(std::begin(array), std::end(array),
              []{ return std::unique_ptr(new int(17)); });