https://github.com/ahorn/cpp-channel

Experimental Go-style concurrency for C++11
https://github.com/ahorn/cpp-channel

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Experimental Go-style concurrency for C++11

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ahorn/cpp-channel
• Owner: ahorn
• License: other
• Created: 2014-01-27T23:48:45.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-01-23T14:28:53.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-06T04:34:42.358Z (6 months ago)
• Language: C++
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• Size: 1.21 MB
• Stars: 151
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 20
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# cpp-channel

Go-style concurrency for C++11

## Getting started

To use the library, `#include `. Here's an example:

```C++

void thread_a(cpp::channel c) {

  c.send('A');

  char r = c.recv();

  assert('B' == r);

}

void thread_b(cpp::channel c) {

  char r = c.recv();

  c.send('B');

  assert('A' == r);

}

int main() {

  cpp::channel c;

  std::thread a(thread_a, c);

  std::thread b(thread_b, c);

  a.join();

  b.join();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;

}

```

As in Go, `cpp::channel` are first-class values. In particular,

channel `c` in the example is passed by value to the newly created threads.

The [source code repository][test] contains several more examples including

the most standard one of them all, Dijkstra's dining philosophers. In fact,

it also shows the use of `std::ref` for a `dining_table` struct as these

are typically not passed by value.

[test]: https://github.com/ahorn/cpp-channel/blob/master/test/channel_test.cpp

## Documentation

A `cpp::channel` is like a Go channel created with `make(chan T, N)`.

If `N` is zero, the channel is synchronous; otherwise, it is asynchronous,

as documented in the Go language specification:

* http://golang.org/ref/spec#Channel_types

* http://golang.org/ref/spec#Send_statements

* http://golang.org/ref/spec#Receive_operator

But to simplify the library usage, `cpp::channel` cannot be nil nor closed.

Similar to Go, there are `cpp::ichannel` and `cpp::ochannel` that

can only receive and send elements of type T, respectively.

Noteworthy, channels are first-class values.  Consequently, we can have

[channels of channels][chan-of-chan].

[chan-of-chan]: http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#chan_of_chan

## Installation

You only need a C++11-compliant compiler. There are no other external

dependencies.

To build the library on a (mostly) POSIX-compliant operating system,

execute the following commands from the `cpp-channel` directory:

    $ ./autogen.sh

    $ ./configure

    $ make

    $ make test

    $ make install

If `make test` fails, you can still install, but it is likely that some

features of this library will not work correctly on your system.

Proceed at your own risk.

Note that `make install` may require superuser privileges.

The troubleshooting section below has a few additional tips. For advanced

configuration options refer to the [Autoconf documentation][autoconf].

[autoconf]: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/

## Troubleshooting

If `make test` fails with an error that indicates that `libstdc++.so.6`

or a specific version of `GLIBCXX` cannot be found, then check out GCC's

[FAQ][libstdcxx-faq].

[libstdcxx-faq]: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/faq.html#faq.how_to_set_paths

## Bug Reports

You are warmly invited to submit patches as Github pull request,

formatted according to the existing coding style.