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26 <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
27 <a name="boost_asio.reference.spawn"></a><a class="link" href="spawn.html" title="spawn">spawn</a>
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30 <a class="indexterm" name="idp193586880"></a>
31 Start a new stackful coroutine.
33 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span>
34 <span class="keyword">typename</span> <a class="link" href="Handler.html" title="Handlers">Handler</a><span class="special">,</span>
35 <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Function</span><span class="special">></span>
36 <span class="keyword">void</span> <a class="link" href="spawn/overload1.html" title="spawn (1 of 4 overloads)">spawn</a><span class="special">(</span>
37 <span class="identifier">Handler</span> <span class="identifier">handler</span><span class="special">,</span>
38 <span class="identifier">Function</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span>
39 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">coroutines</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">attributes</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">attributes</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">coroutines</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">attributes</span><span class="special">());</span>
40 <span class="emphasis"><em>» <a class="link" href="spawn/overload1.html" title="spawn (1 of 4 overloads)">more...</a></em></span>
42 <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span>
43 <span class="keyword">typename</span> <a class="link" href="Handler.html" title="Handlers">Handler</a><span class="special">,</span>
44 <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Function</span><span class="special">></span>
45 <span class="keyword">void</span> <a class="link" href="spawn/overload2.html" title="spawn (2 of 4 overloads)">spawn</a><span class="special">(</span>
46 <span class="identifier">basic_yield_context</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">Handler</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">ctx</span><span class="special">,</span>
47 <span class="identifier">Function</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span>
48 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">coroutines</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">attributes</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">attributes</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">coroutines</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">attributes</span><span class="special">());</span>
49 <span class="emphasis"><em>» <a class="link" href="spawn/overload2.html" title="spawn (2 of 4 overloads)">more...</a></em></span>
51 <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span>
52 <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Function</span><span class="special">></span>
53 <span class="keyword">void</span> <a class="link" href="spawn/overload3.html" title="spawn (3 of 4 overloads)">spawn</a><span class="special">(</span>
54 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">io_service</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">strand</span> <span class="identifier">strand</span><span class="special">,</span>
55 <span class="identifier">Function</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span>
56 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">coroutines</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">attributes</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">attributes</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">coroutines</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">attributes</span><span class="special">());</span>
57 <span class="emphasis"><em>» <a class="link" href="spawn/overload3.html" title="spawn (3 of 4 overloads)">more...</a></em></span>
59 <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span>
60 <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Function</span><span class="special">></span>
61 <span class="keyword">void</span> <a class="link" href="spawn/overload4.html" title="spawn (4 of 4 overloads)">spawn</a><span class="special">(</span>
62 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">io_service</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">io_service</span><span class="special">,</span>
63 <span class="identifier">Function</span> <span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">,</span>
64 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">coroutines</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">attributes</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">attributes</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">coroutines</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">attributes</span><span class="special">());</span>
65 <span class="emphasis"><em>» <a class="link" href="spawn/overload4.html" title="spawn (4 of 4 overloads)">more...</a></em></span>
68 The <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">spawn</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
69 function is a high-level wrapper over the Boost.Coroutine library. This function
70 enables programs to implement asynchronous logic in a synchronous manner,
71 as illustrated by the following example:
73 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spawn</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">my_strand</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">do_echo</span><span class="special">);</span>
75 <span class="comment">// ...</span>
77 <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">do_echo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">yield_context</span> <span class="identifier">yield</span><span class="special">)</span>
78 <span class="special">{</span>
79 <span class="keyword">try</span>
80 <span class="special">{</span>
81 <span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">128</span><span class="special">];</span>
82 <span class="keyword">for</span> <span class="special">(;;)</span>
83 <span class="special">{</span>
84 <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">length</span> <span class="special">=</span>
85 <span class="identifier">my_socket</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">async_read_some</span><span class="special">(</span>
86 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">buffer</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">yield</span><span class="special">);</span>
88 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">async_write</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">my_socket</span><span class="special">,</span>
89 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">buffer</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">length</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">yield</span><span class="special">);</span>
90 <span class="special">}</span>
91 <span class="special">}</span>
92 <span class="keyword">catch</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">exception</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">e</span><span class="special">)</span>
93 <span class="special">{</span>
94 <span class="comment">// ...</span>
95 <span class="special">}</span>
96 <span class="special">}</span>
99 <a name="boost_asio.reference.spawn.h0"></a>
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103 <span class="emphasis"><em>Header: </em></span><code class="literal">boost/asio/spawn.hpp</code>
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