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spawn (5 of 6 overloads)

Start a new stackful coroutine that executes on a given execution context.

template<
    typename ExecutionContext,
    typename StackAllocator,
    typename F,
    typename CompletionToken = default_completion_token_t<            typename ExecutionContext::executor_type>>
auto spawn(
    ExecutionContext & ctx,
    allocator_arg_t ,
    StackAllocator && stack_allocator,
    F && function,
    CompletionToken && token = default_completion_token_t< typename ExecutionContext::executor_type >(),
    constraint_t< is_convertible< ExecutionContext &, execution_context & >::value >  = 0);

This function is used to launch a new stackful coroutine.

Parameters

ctx

Identifies the execution context that will run the stackful coroutine.

stack_allocator

Denotes the allocator to be used to allocate the underlying coroutine's stack. The type must meet the StackAllocator requirements.

function

The coroutine function. The function must be callable the signature:

void function(basic_yield_context<Executor> yield);
token

The completion token that will handle the notification that the coroutine has completed. If the return type R of function is void, the function signature of the completion handler must be:

void handler(std::exception_ptr);

Otherwise, the function signature of the completion handler must be:

void handler(std::exception_ptr, R);
Completion Signature
void(std::exception_ptr, R)

where R is the return type of the function object.

Per-Operation Cancellation

The new thread of execution is created with a cancellation state that supports cancellation_type::terminal values only. To change the cancellation state, call the basic_yield_context member function reset_cancellation_state.


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