C++ Standard Library Quick Reference

© Peter Van Weert and Marc Gregoire 2016

Peter Van Weert and Marc GregoireC++ Standard Library Quick Reference10.1007/978-1-4842-1876-1_7

7. Concurrency

Peter Van Weert¹  and Marc Gregoire²

(1)

Kessel-Lo, Belgium

(2)

Meldert, Belgium

 

Threads    <thread>

Threads are the basic building blocks to be able to write code that runs in parallel.

Launching a New Thread

To run any function pointer, functor, or lambda expression in a new thread of execution, pass it to the constructor of std::thread, along with any number of arguments. For example, these two lines are equivalent:

std::thread worker1(function, "arg", anotherArg);

std::thread worker2([=] { function("arg", anotherArg); });

The function with its arguments is called in a newly launched thread of execution ...