Thread support library

Threads

Threads enable the program to execute across several processor cores.

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Defined in header <thread>

Functions managing the current thread

Defined in namespace this_thread

Mutual exclusion

Mutual exclusion algorithms restrict access to a shared resource so that only one thread can access it at a time. This allows to avoid data races and to implement synchronization between threads.

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Defined in header <mutex>

Generic mutex management

Generic locking algorithms

Condition variables

condition_variable (C++11)	manages threads that wait on a mutex (class)
condition_variable_any (C++11)	manages threads that wait on some condition (class)
notify_all_at_thread_exit (C++11)	(function)

Futures

promise (C++11)	(class template)
future (C++11)	(class template)
shared_future (C++11)	(class template)
packaged_task (C++11)	(class template)