Is there memset() that accepts integers larger than char?

Question

Is there a version of memset() which sets a value that is larger than 1 byte (char)? For example, let\'s say we have a memset32() function, so using it we can do the followi

Answer 1

You should really let the compiler optimize this for you as someone else suggested. In most cases that loop will be negligible.

But if this some special situation and you don't mind being platform specific, and really need to get rid of the loop, you can do this in an assembly block.

//pseudo code
asm
{
    rep stosq ...
}

You can probably google stosq assembly command for the specifics. It shouldn't be more than a few lines of code.