[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #11734: future::then(Cont) should be able to execute the contination on undetermined thread

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #11734: future::then(Cont) should be able to execute the contination on undetermined thread
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-17 13:16:33

#11734: future::then(Cont) should be able to execute the contination on
undetermined thread
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 Reporter:  viboes            |      Owner:  anthonyw
     Type:  Feature Requests  |     Status:  new
Milestone:  To Be Determined  |  Component:  thread
  Version:  Boost 1.57.0      |   Severity:  Problem
 Keywords:                    |
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 Concurrency TS defines future::then() as

 "the continuation
 `INVOKE(DECAY_COPY(std::forward<F>(func)), std::move(*this))` is called on
 an unspecified thread
 of execution with the call to `DECAY_COPY()` being evaluated in the thread
 that called then".

 `boost::future<T>::then()` has more overloads than Concurrency TS. However
 when not requested explicitly then Boost.Thread should conform to the
 proposed standard.

 As Concurrency TS doesn't have neither `async`, the future can be created
 only by a `promise` or a a `packaged_task`, so that there are neither
 futures with launch policy async nor deferred.

 In order to be as clear as possible, boost::future<T>::then(Cont) can call
 the continuation on an unspecified thread of execution.

 If the user want other behavior, it can use then(launch_policy, Cont) or
 then(Executor, Cont) must wrap the continuation.


 However the current specification inherit from the parent future when
 there is no executor nor launch policy.

 If there is an interest and in order to provide the current behavior even
 with a different interface we can add an inherit policy

 Before

 {{{
 f.then(c);
 }}}


 After

 {{{
 f.then(launch_policy::inherit, c);
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11734>
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