thread/test/test_8596.cpp

// Copyright (C) 2013 Vicente Botet
//
//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
//  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

#define BOOST_THREAD_VERSION 4

#include <iostream>

#include <boost/thread.hpp>
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

int f()
{
  return 42;
}

boost::packaged_task<int()>* schedule(boost::function<int ()> const& fn)
{
  // Normally, the pointer to the packaged task is stored in a queue
  // for execution on a separate thread, and the schedule function
  // would return just a future<T>

  boost::function<int ()> copy(fn);
  boost::packaged_task<int()>* result = new boost::packaged_task<int()>(copy);
  return result;
}

struct MyFunc
{
  void operator()()const {}
};


int main()
{
  boost::packaged_task<int()>* p(schedule(f));
  (*p)();

  boost::future<int> fut = p->get_future();
  std::cout << "The answer to the ultimate question: " << fut.get() << std::endl;

  {
    //boost::function<void()> f;
    MyFunc mf;

    //boost::packaged_task<void()> t1(f); // error 1
    boost::packaged_task<void()> t2(mf); // error 2
  }

  return 0;
}