The 'libunifex' project is a prototype implementation of the C++ sender/receiver async programming model that is currently being considered for standardisation.
This project contains implementations of the following:
This project is still evolving and should be considered experimental in nature. No guarantee is made for API or ABI stability.
Build status
A recent compiler that supports C++17 or later. Libunifex is known to work with the following compilers:
This library also supports C++20 coroutines. You will need to compile with
coroutine support enabled if you want to use the coroutine integrations.
This generally means adding -std=c++2a
or -fcoroutines-ts
on Clang (see "Configuring" below).
The io_uring support on Linux requires a recent kernel version (5.6 or later).
See http://git.kernel.dk/cgit/linux-block/log/?h=for-5.5/io_uring
The io_uring support depends on liburing: https://github.com/axboe/liburing/
windows_thread_pool
executor requires Windows Vista or later.
This project can be built using CMake.
The examples below assume using the Ninja build system. You can use other build systems supported by CMake.
First generate the build files under the ./build
subdirectory.
From the libunifex project root:
cmake -G Ninja -H. -Bbuild \
-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:PATH=/path/to/compiler
By default, this builds libunifex in C++17 without coroutines. If you want to turn on coroutines with clang, add:
-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-fcoroutines-ts
To use libc++ with clang, which has coroutine support, you should also add:
-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=-stdlib=libc++ \
-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS:STRING="-L/path/to/libc++/lib"
If you want to build libunifex as C++20, add:
-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD:STRING=20
To build the library and tests.
From the ./build
subdirectory run:
ninja
Once the tests have been built you can run them.
From the ./build
subdirectory run:
ninja test
This project is made available under the Apache License, version 2.0, with LLVM Exceptions.
See LICENSE.txt for details.
See also:
C++ standardisation papers: