add fill() function as an alias for setConstant

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseNullaryOp.h b/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseNullaryOp.h
index 0f914e7ca..691bc3663 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseNullaryOp.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseNullaryOp.h
@@ -238,9 +238,19 @@ bool MatrixBase<Derived>::isApproxToConstant
   return true;
 }
 
+/** Alias for setConstant(): sets all coefficients in this expression to \a value.
+  *
+  * \sa setConstant(), Constant(), class CwiseNullaryOp
+  */
+template<typename Derived>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void MatrixBase<Derived>::fill(const Scalar& value)
+{
+  setConstant(value);
+}
+
 /** Sets all coefficients in this expression to \a value.
   *
-  * \sa class CwiseNullaryOp, Zero(), Ones()
+  * \sa fill(), Constant(), class CwiseNullaryOp, setZero(), setOnes()
   */
 template<typename Derived>
 EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Derived& MatrixBase<Derived>::setConstant(const Scalar& value)
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h b/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h
index 41dd894d7..5281e34fa 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ template<typename Derived> class MatrixBase
 
     const DiagonalMatrix<Derived> asDiagonal() const;
 
+    void fill(const Scalar& value);
     Derived& setConstant(const Scalar& value);
     Derived& setZero();
     Derived& setOnes();