The library also provides the `InitIter` type, which is a mutable iterator for `HeapArray<T>` that allows you to safely initialise porentially uninitialised elements.
``` rust
let mut array = heap![String; 10];
for mut init in array.initialise()
{
init.set(format!("string!"));
// Also see docs for `init::Init` type.
}
drop(array); // This is now safe.
```
##### Filling the iterator
The iterator also provides methods to fill itself of uninitialised values.
Since it is unknown if the type `T` supports zero-initialisation, zeroing the memory is counted as making it uninitialised.
``` rust
array.initialise().uninit(); //Sets all the rest of the iterator bytes to 0.
```
### Creating initialised arrays.
These are created with `malloc()` and set with `replace_and_forget` (or, for the special case of `u8` sized types, `memset`).
@ -44,7 +77,7 @@ These are created with either `malloc(0)`, or if the `zst_noalloc` feature is en
heap![];
```
`zst_noalloc` is enabled by default and causes instances with `len_bytes() == 0` to have `NULL` internal pointers instead of dangling ones returned by `malloc(0)`.
This behaviour my not be desireable and if it is not, disable the default featues.
This behaviour may not be desireable and if it is not, disable the default featues.
### Dropping on free
Arrays created this way are dropped in a way that ensures each element is also dropped. For anything implementing the `Copy` trait, this is redundant.