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27 | <a name="fiber.when_any.when_any.when_any__heterogeneous_types"></a><a class="link" href="when_any__heterogeneous_types.html" title="when_any, heterogeneous types">when_any, | |
28 | heterogeneous types</a> | |
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30 | <p> | |
31 | We would be remiss to ignore the case in which the various task functions | |
32 | have distinct return types. That means that the value returned by the first | |
33 | of them might have any one of those types. We can express that with <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/doc/html/variant.html" target="_top">Boost.Variant</a>. | |
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35 | <p> | |
36 | To keep the example simple, we'll revert to pretending that none of them | |
37 | can throw an exception. That makes <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">wait_first_value_het</span><span class="special">()</span></code> strongly resemble <a class="link" href="when_any__return_value.html#wait_first_value"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">wait_first_value</span><span class="special">()</span></code></a>. | |
38 | We can actually reuse <a class="link" href="when_any__return_value.html#wait_first_value_impl"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">wait_first_value_impl</span><span class="special">()</span></code></a>, | |
39 | merely passing <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">variant</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">...></span></code> as the channel's value type rather | |
40 | than the common <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>! | |
41 | </p> | |
42 | <p> | |
43 | Naturally this could be extended to use <a class="link" href="when_any__produce_first_success.html#wait_first_success"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">wait_first_success</span><span class="special">()</span></code></a> | |
44 | semantics instead. | |
45 | </p> | |
46 | <p> | |
47 | </p> | |
48 | <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">// No need to break out the first Fn for interface function: let the compiler</span> | |
49 | <span class="comment">// complain if empty.</span> | |
50 | <span class="comment">// Our functions have different return types, and we might have to return any</span> | |
51 | <span class="comment">// of them. Use a variant, expanding std::result_of<Fn()>::type for each Fn in</span> | |
52 | <span class="comment">// parameter pack.</span> | |
53 | <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="special">...</span> <span class="identifier">Fns</span> <span class="special">></span> | |
54 | <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">variant</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">result_of</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">Fns</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="special">...</span> <span class="special">></span> | |
55 | <span class="identifier">wait_first_value_het</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">Fns</span> <span class="special">&&</span> <span class="special">...</span> <span class="identifier">functions</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> | |
56 | <span class="comment">// Use unbounded_channel<boost::variant<T1, T2, ...>>; see remarks above.</span> | |
57 | <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">variant</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">result_of</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">Fns</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="special">...</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">return_t</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
58 | <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">fibers</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">unbounded_channel</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">return_t</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">channel_t</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
59 | <span class="keyword">auto</span> <span class="identifier">channelp</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">make_shared</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">channel_t</span> <span class="special">>()</span> <span class="special">);</span> | |
60 | <span class="comment">// launch all the relevant fibers</span> | |
61 | <span class="identifier">wait_first_value_impl</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">return_t</span> <span class="special">>(</span> <span class="identifier">channelp</span><span class="special">,</span> | |
62 | <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">forward</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">Fns</span> <span class="special">>(</span> <span class="identifier">functions</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">...</span> <span class="special">);</span> | |
63 | <span class="comment">// retrieve the first value</span> | |
64 | <span class="identifier">return_t</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">channelp</span><span class="special">-></span><span class="identifier">value_pop</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">);</span> | |
65 | <span class="comment">// close the channel: no subsequent push() has to succeed</span> | |
66 | <span class="identifier">channelp</span><span class="special">-></span><span class="identifier">close</span><span class="special">();</span> | |
67 | <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
68 | <span class="special">}</span> | |
69 | </pre> | |
70 | <p> | |
71 | </p> | |
72 | <p> | |
73 | It might be called like this: | |
74 | </p> | |
75 | <p> | |
76 | </p> | |
77 | <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">variant</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">result</span> <span class="special">=</span> | |
78 | <span class="identifier">wait_first_value_het</span><span class="special">(</span> | |
79 | <span class="special">[](){</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">sleeper</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"wfvh_third"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">150</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">},</span> | |
80 | <span class="special">[](){</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">sleeper</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3.14</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">100</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">},</span> | |
81 | <span class="special">[](){</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">sleeper</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">17</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">50</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">});</span> | |
82 | <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"wait_first_value_het() => "</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">result</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
83 | <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="special">>(</span> <span class="identifier">result</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">17</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
84 | </pre> | |
85 | <p> | |
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