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Diffstat (limited to 'src/corelib/thread/qfuture.qdoc')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qfuture.qdoc b/src/corelib/thread/qfuture.qdoc index 79bd121aee..2535d621ca 100644 --- a/src/corelib/thread/qfuture.qdoc +++ b/src/corelib/thread/qfuture.qdoc @@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ QtFuture::makeReadyValueFuture(), QtFuture::makeReadyRangeFuture(), and QtFuture::makeExceptionalFuture(). + \note Some APIs (see \l {QFuture::then()} or various QtConcurrent method + overloads) allow scheduling the computation to a specific thread pool. + However, QFuture implements a work-stealing algorithm to prevent deadlocks + and optimize thread usage. As a result, computations can be executed + directly in the thread which requests the QFuture's result. + \note To start a computation and store results in a QFuture, use QPromise or one of the APIs in the \l {Qt Concurrent} framework. @@ -1257,8 +1263,7 @@ Attaches a continuation to this future, allowing to chain multiple asynchronous computations if desired. When the asynchronous computation represented by this - future finishes, \a function will be invoked in a separate thread taken from the - QThreadPool \a pool. + future finishes, \a function will be scheduled on \a pool. \sa onFailed(), onCanceled() */ |