std::launch

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Defined in header <future>
enum class launch : /* unspecified */ { async = /* unspecified */, deferred = /* unspecified */, /* implementation-defined */ };		(since C++11)

Specifies the launch policy for a task executed by the std::async function. std::launch is an enumeration used as BitmaskType.

The following constants denoting individual bits are defined by the standard library:

Constant	Explanation
std::launch::async	a new thread is launched to execute the task asynchronously
std::launch::deferred	the task is executed on the calling thread the first time its result is requested (lazy evaluation)

In addition, implementations are allowed to:

• define additional bits and bitmasks to specify restrictions on task interactions applicable to a subset of launch policies, and
• enable those additional bitmasks for the first (default) overload of std::async.

See also

async (C++11)

runs a function asynchronously (potentially in a new thread) and returns a std::future that will hold the result (function template)