Std::shared_future (3) Linux Manual Page

std::shared_future – std::shared_future

Synopsis

Defined in header <future>
template< class T > class shared_future; (1) (since C++11)
template< class T > class shared_future<T&>; (2) (since C++11)
template<> class shared_future<void>; (3) (since C++11)
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.
Access to the same shared state from multiple threads is safe if each thread does it through its own copy of a shared_future object.

Member functions

              constructs the future object
constructor (public member function)
              destructs the future object
destructor (public member function)
              assigns the contents
operator= (public member function)

Getting the result

returns the result
get (public member function)

State

              checks if the future has a shared state
valid (public member function)
              waits for the result to become available
wait (public member function)
              waits for the result, returns if it is not available for the specified timeout duration
wait_for (public member function)
              waits for the result, returns if it is not available until specified time point has been reached
wait_until (public member function)

Example

A shared_future may be used to signal multiple threads simultaneously, similar to std::condition_variable::notify_all()
// Run this code

#include <iostream>

#include <future>

#include <chrono>
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";
}

Possible output:

Thread 1 received the signal 0.072 ms after start
Thread 2 received the signal 0.041 ms after start

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