Coroutines Comunications. Design and Implementation Issues in C++20

Radu Lupșa; Dana Lupșa

doi:10.24193/subbi.2022.2.03

Radu Lupșa Department of Computer Science, Babes-Bolyai University, 1, M. Kogalniceanu Street, 400084, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dana Lupșa Department of Computer Science, Babes-Bolyai University, 1, M. Kogalniceanu Street, 400084, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/subbi.2022.2.03

Abstract

This paper explores the communication mechanisms and patterns available to coroutines to cooperate with one another. It investigates the issues in designing and implementing a framework for using C++20 coroutines effectively, for generators, asynchronous function calls, and especially asynchronous generators.

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