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  31         More challenging is when the application&#8217;s main loop is embedded in some other
  32         library or framework. Such an application will typically, after performing
  33         all necessary setup, pass control to some form of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">run</span><span class="special">()</span></code> function from which control does not return
  34         until application shutdown.
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  37         A <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/asio/index.html" target="_top">Boost.Asio</a>
  38         program might call <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/io_service/run.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">io_service</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">run</span><span class="special">()</span></code></a>
  39         in this way.
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  42         In general, the trick is to arrange to pass control to <a class="link" href="../fiber_mgmt/this_fiber.html#this_fiber_yield"><code class="computeroutput">this_fiber::yield()</code></a> frequently.
  43         You could use an <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/high_resolution_timer.html" target="_top">Asio
  44         timer</a> for that purpose. You could instantiate the timer, arranging
  45         to call a handler function when the timer expires. The handler function could
  46         call <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">yield</span><span class="special">()</span></code>,
  47         then reset the timer and arrange to wake up again on its next expiration.
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  50         Since, in this thought experiment, we always pass control to the fiber manager
  51         via <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">yield</span><span class="special">()</span></code>,
  52         the calling fiber is never blocked. Therefore there is always at least one
  53         ready fiber. Therefore the fiber manager never calls <a class="link" href="../scheduling.html#algorithm_suspend_until"><code class="computeroutput">algorithm::suspend_until()</code></a>.
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  56         Using <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/io_service/post.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">io_service</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">post</span><span class="special">()</span></code></a>
  57         instead of setting a timer for some nonzero interval would be unfriendly
  58         to other threads. When all I/O is pending and all fibers are blocked, the
  59         io_service and the fiber manager would simply spin the CPU, passing control
  60         back and forth to each other. Using a timer allows tuning the responsiveness
  61         of this thread relative to others.
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