Section
std::shared_future
The class template std::shared_future provides a mechanism to access the result of asynchronous operations, similar to std::future, except that multiple threads are allowed to wait for the same shared state. Unlike std::future, which is only moveable (so only one instance can refer to any particular asynchronous result), std::shared_future is copyable and multiple shared future objects may refer to the same shared state.
# Declarations
template< class T > class shared_future;
(since C++11)
template< class T > class shared_future<T&>;
(since C++11)
template<> class shared_future<void>;
(since C++11)
# Example
#include <chrono>
#include <future>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
std::promise<void> ready_promise, t1_ready_promise, t2_ready_promise;
std::shared_future<void> ready_future(ready_promise.get_future());
std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::high_resolution_clock> start;
auto fun1 = [&, ready_future]() -> std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>
{
t1_ready_promise.set_value();
ready_future.wait(); // waits for the signal from main()
return std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - start;
};
auto fun2 = [&, ready_future]() -> std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>
{
t2_ready_promise.set_value();
ready_future.wait(); // waits for the signal from main()
return std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - start;
};
auto fut1 = t1_ready_promise.get_future();
auto fut2 = t2_ready_promise.get_future();
auto result1 = std::async(std::launch::async, fun1);
auto result2 = std::async(std::launch::async, fun2);
// wait for the threads to become ready
fut1.wait();
fut2.wait();
// the threads are ready, start the clock
start = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
// signal the threads to go
ready_promise.set_value();
std::cout << "Thread 1 received the signal "
<< result1.get().count() << " ms after start\n"
<< "Thread 2 received the signal "
<< result2.get().count() << " ms after start\n";
}