NAME¶

std::experimental::future::then - std::experimental::future::then

Synopsis¶

template < class F >
future</* see below */> then(F&& func) ;

Attach the continuation func to *this. The behavior is undefined if *this has no
associated shared state (i.e., valid() == false).

Creates a shared state associated with the future object to be returned, and a copy
fd of func constructed as if by DECAY_COPY(std::forward<F>(func)) evaluated in the
thread calling then, where DECAY_COPY is defined as

template <class T>
std::decay_t<T> DECAY_COPY(T&& v) {
return std::forward<T>(v);
}

When the shared state currently associated with *this is ready, the continuation
INVOKE(std::move(fd), std::move(*this)) is called on an unspecified thread of
execution, where INVOKE is the operation defined in Callable. If that expression is
invalid, the behavior is undefined.

Any value returned from the continuation is stored as the result in the shared state
of the returned future object. Any exception propagated from the execution of the
continuation is stored as the exceptional result in the shared state of the returned
future object.

Let U be the return type of the continuation (i.e.
std::result_of_t<std::decay_t<F>(std::experimental::future<T>)>). If U is
std::experimental::future<T2> for some type T2, then the return type of then is
std::experimental::future<T2>, otherwise it is std::experimental::future<U>. This is
known as implicit unwrapping.

If implicit unwrapping takes place and the continuation returns an invalid future,
then the shared state is made ready with an exception of type std::future_error with
an error condition of std::future_errc::broken_promise.

After this function returns, valid() is false.

Parameters¶

func - A continuation to be attached.

Return value¶

A std::experimental::future object associated with the shared state created by this
object. valid() == true for the returned object.

Example¶

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