id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
4710	c++11 compliance: : Missing async()	Dave Abrahams	viboes	"The lack of an `async()` call makes futures awfully cumbersome to use.  I hacked up this nullary prototype for C++03.  It's better than nothing!

{{{
#!cpp
#include <boost/thread.hpp>
#include <boost/utility/result_of.hpp>

template <class F>
boost::detail::thread_move_t<boost::unique_future<typename boost::result_of<F()>::type> >
async(F f)
{
    typedef typename boost::result_of<F()>::type R;
    boost::packaged_task<R> pt( f );
    
    typedef boost::unique_future<R> future;
    future ret = pt.get_future();
    boost::thread( boost::move(pt) ).detach();
    return boost::move(ret);
}
}}}
"	Feature Requests	closed	Boost 1.52.0	thread	Boost 1.44.0	Problem	fixed	async standard	viboes