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example9.cpp
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example9.cpp
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// packaged_task example
#include <iostream> // std::cout
#include <future> // std::packaged_task, std::future
#include <chrono> // std::chrono::seconds
#include <thread> // std::thread, std::this_thread::sleep_for
// count down taking a second for each value:
int countdown (int from, int to) {
for (int i=from; i!=to; --i) {
std::cout << i << '\n';
std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
}
std::cout << "Lift off!\n";
return from-to;
}
int main ()
{
std::packaged_task<int(int,int)> tsk (countdown); // set up packaged_task
std::future<int> ret = tsk.get_future(); // get future
std::thread th (std::move(tsk),10,0); // spawn thread to count down from 10 to 0
// ...
int value = ret.get(); // wait for the task to finish and get result
std::cout << "The countdown lasted for " << value << " seconds.\n";
th.join();
return 0;
}