On 5 January 2018 at 16:55, Vinnie Falco via Boost-users <boost-users@lists.boost.org> wrote:

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 7:53 AM, Richard Hodges via Boost-users
<boost-users@lists.boost.org> wrote:
> Perhaps defer does a post
> unless the handler is a continuation? I think that would make sense.

And how would it know if the handler is a continuation?

I think defer imply that the provided handler is a continuation.

There are similar mechanisms proposed in the Executor proposal: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2017/p0761r1.pdf

(see page 6).

Joël Lamotte