Wolfgang Bangerth wrote:
[...]
> > async_result<double> res;
> > thread t(bind(res.call(), a, b, c));
> > // do something else
> > d = res.value(); // Explicitly waits for the thread to return a value?
>
> This does the same, indeed. Starting a thread this way is just a little
> more complex (and -- in my view -- less obvious to read) than writing
> thread t = spawn(foo)(a,b,c);
joinable_thread_ptr< double > tp = new_thread(foo, a, b, c);
d = *tp->join(); // double pointer is used to report cancelation
// and timedjoin() timeout; in this case, the
// thread shall never be canceled.
>
> But that's just personal opinion, and I'm arguably biased :-)
Right. ;-)
regards,
alexander.
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