I'm proposing a small boost library: struct minimal_init {}; template <typename T> struct minimal_constructible : public T { minimal_constructible() : T(minimal_init()) {} }; The purpose of this is to enable vectors of simple structs (containing only POD members) to have resize calling a do-nothing constructor. Let's say that I have a loop that I'd like to calculate in parallel: struct Dummy { Dummy(int a_=0) : a(a_) {} Dummy(const minimal_init &) {} // Without a v-table, this shouldn't need to touch any part of the created object? int a; }; void foo() { #define N 100 std::vector data; data.resize(N); #pragma omp parallel for for (size_t i=0;i