Initialization of vectors in c++
 

Experimenting at home with visual c++, I see that int main()
{std::vector<double> vect(5);} creates a vector whose 5 initial
values are all 0. Is this standard or might the five initial values
be different from 0? I'm a bit surprised by this as I would expect
vect to consist of five uninitialized doubles. Why is it that double
x; introduces a double which is uninitialized and yet the above vect
is initialized? Or is this just a matter of the definition of the c++
language which should just be accepted, and can't be derived from some
other principle?

Thank you,

Paul Epstein