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<p>C++ includes built-in support for threads, mutual exclusion, condition variables, and futures.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="thread.html#Threads"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Threads</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="thread.html#Functions_managing_the_current_thread"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Functions managing the current thread</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="thread.html#Generic_mutex_management"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Generic mutex management</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="thread.html#Generic_locking_algorithms"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Generic locking algorithms</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="thread.html#Call_once"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Call once</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="thread.html#Condition_variables"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Condition variables</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="thread.html#Future_errors"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Future errors</span></a></li>
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/thread&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Threads">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Threads">Threads</span></h3>
<p>Threads enable programs to execute across several processor cores.
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<td colspan="2"> <div>Defined in header <code><thread></code> </div>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/thread.html" title="cpp/thread/thread"> <span class="t-lines"><span>thread</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> manages a separate thread <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_thread&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td colspan="2"> <div>Defined in namespace <code>this_thread</code> </div>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/yield.html" title="cpp/thread/yield"> <span class="t-lines"><span>yield</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> suggests that the implementation reschedule execution of threads <br /> <span class="t-mark">(function)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_yield&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/get_id.html" title="cpp/thread/get id"> <span class="t-lines"><span>get_id</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> returns the thread id of the current thread <br /> <span class="t-mark">(function)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_get_id&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/thread&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mutual exclusion">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Mutual_exclusion">Mutual exclusion</span></h3>
<p>Mutual exclusion algorithms prevent multiple threads from simultaneously accessing shared resources. This prevents data races and provides support for synchronization between threads.
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<td colspan="2"> <div>Defined in header <code><mutex></code> </div>
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<td> provides basic mutual exclusion facility <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_mutex&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/timed_mutex.html" title="cpp/thread/timed mutex"> <span class="t-lines"><span>timed_mutex</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> provides mutual exclusion facility which implements locking with a timeout <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_timed_mutex&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/recursive_mutex.html" title="cpp/thread/recursive mutex"> <span class="t-lines"><span>recursive_mutex</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> provides mutual exclusion facility which can be locked recursively by the same thread <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_recursive_mutex&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/recursive_timed_mutex.html" title="cpp/thread/recursive timed mutex"> <span class="t-lines"><span>recursive_timed_mutex</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> provides mutual exclusion facility which can be locked recursively<br /> by the same thread and implements locking with a timeout <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_recursive_timed_mutex&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td colspan="2"> <div>Defined in header <code><shared_mutex></code> </div>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/shared_mutex.html" title="cpp/thread/shared mutex"> <span class="t-lines"><span>shared_mutex</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx17">(C++17)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> provides shared mutual exclusion facility <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_shared_mutex&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/shared_timed_mutex.html" title="cpp/thread/shared timed mutex"> <span class="t-lines"><span>shared_timed_mutex</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx14">(C++14)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> provides shared mutual exclusion facility <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_shared_timed_mutex&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td colspan="2"> <div>Defined in header <code><mutex></code> </div>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/lock_guard.html" title="cpp/thread/lock guard"> <span class="t-lines"><span>lock_guard</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> implements a strictly scope-based mutex ownership wrapper <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class template)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_lock_guard&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/unique_lock.html" title="cpp/thread/unique lock"> <span class="t-lines"><span>unique_lock</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> implements movable mutex ownership wrapper <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class template)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_unique_lock&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/shared_lock.html" title="cpp/thread/shared lock"> <span class="t-lines"><span>shared_lock</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx14">(C++14)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> implements movable shared mutex ownership wrapper <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class template)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_shared_lock&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/lock_tag_t.html" title="cpp/thread/lock tag t"> <span class="t-lines"><span>defer_lock_t</span><span>try_to_lock_t</span><span>adopt_lock_t</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> tag type used to specify locking strategy <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_lock_tag_t&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/lock_tag.html" title="cpp/thread/lock tag"> <span class="t-lines"><span>defer_lock</span><span>try_to_lock</span><span>adopt_lock</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> tag constants used to specify locking strategy <br /> <span class="t-mark">(constant)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_lock_tag&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/try_lock.html" title="cpp/thread/try lock"> <span class="t-lines"><span>try_lock</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> attempts to obtain ownership of mutexes via repeated calls to <code>try_lock</code> <br /> <span class="t-mark">(function template)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_try_lock&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="thread/lock.html" title="cpp/thread/lock"> <span class="t-lines"><span>lock</span></span></a></div><div><span class="t-lines"><span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span></span></span></div></div>
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<td> invokes a function only once even if called from multiple threads <br /> <span class="t-mark">(function template)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_call_once&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/thread&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Condition variables">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Condition_variables">Condition variables</span></h3>
<p>A condition variable is a synchronization primitive that allows multiple threads to communicate with each other. It allows some number of threads to wait (possibly with a timeout) for notification from another thread that they may proceed. A condition variable is always associated with a mutex.
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<td> provides a condition variable associated with a <span class="t-lc"><a href="thread/unique_lock.html" title="cpp/thread/unique lock">std::unique_lock</a></span> <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class)</span>
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<td> provides a condition variable associated with any lock type <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class)</span>
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<td> schedules a call to <code>notify_all</code> to be invoked when this thread is completely finished <br /> <span class="t-mark">(function)</span>
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<td> lists the possible results of timed waits on condition variables <br /> <span class="t-mark">(enum)</span>
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/thread&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Futures">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Futures">Futures</span></h3>
<p>The standard library provides facilities to obtain values that are returned and to catch exceptions that are thrown by asynchronous tasks (i.e. functions launched in separate threads). These values are communicated in a <i>shared state</i>, in which the asynchronous task may write its return value or store an exception, and which may be examined, waited for, and otherwise manipulated by other threads that hold instances of <span class="t-lc"><a href="thread/future.html" title="cpp/thread/future">std::future</a></span> or <span class="t-lc"><a href="thread/shared_future.html" title="cpp/thread/shared future">std::shared_future</a></span> that reference that shared state.
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<td> packages a function to store its return value for asynchronous retrieval <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class template)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_packaged_task&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> waits for a value that is set asynchronously <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class template)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_future&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> waits for a value (possibly referenced by other futures) that is set asynchronously <br /> <span class="t-mark">(class template)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_shared_future&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> runs a function asynchronously (potentially in a new thread) and returns a <span class="t-lc"><a href="thread/future.html" title="cpp/thread/future">std::future</a></span> that will hold the result <br /> <span class="t-mark">(function template)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_async&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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<td> specifies the results of timed waits performed on <span class="t-lc"><a href="thread/future.html" title="cpp/thread/future">std::future</a></span> and <span class="t-lc"><a href="thread/shared_future.html" title="cpp/thread/shared future">std::shared_future</a></span> <br /> <span class="t-mark">(enum)</span> <span class="editsection noprint plainlinks" title="Edit this template"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Template:cpp/thread/dsc_future_status&action=edit">[edit]</a></span>
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