std::packaged_task::packaged_task
From cppreference.com
                    
                                        
                    < cpp | thread | packaged task
                    
                                                            
                    | packaged_task(); | (1) | (since C++11) | 
| template <class F> explicit packaged_task( F&& f ); | (2) | (since C++11) | 
| (3) | ||
| template <class F, class Allocator> explicit packaged_task( std::allocator_arg_t, const Allocator& a, F&& f ); | (since C++11) (until C++17) | |
| template <class F, class Allocator> packaged_task( std::allocator_arg_t, const Allocator& a, F&& f ); | (since C++17) | |
| (4) | ||
| packaged_task( packaged_task& ) = delete; | (since C++11) (until C++14) | |
| packaged_task( const packaged_task& ) = delete; | (since C++14) | |
| packaged_task( packaged_task&& rhs ); | (5) | (since C++11) | 
Constructs a new std::packaged_task object.
1) Constructs a 
std::packaged_task object with no task and no shared state.
2) Constructs a 
std::packaged_task object with a shared state and a copy of the task, initialized with std::forward<F>(f). This constructor does not participate in overload resolution if std::decay<F>::type is the same type as std::packaged_task<R(ArgTypes...)>.
3) Constructs a 
std::packaged_task object with a shared state and a copy of the task, initialized with std::forward<F>(f). Uses the provided allocator to allocate memory necessary to store the task. This constructor does not participate in overload resolution if std::decay<F>::type is the same type as std::packaged_task<R(ArgTypes...)>.
4) The copy constructor is deleted, 
std::packaged_task is move-only.
5) Constructs a 
std::packaged_task with the shared state and task formerly owned by rhs, leaving rhs with no shared state and a moved-from task.[edit] Parameters
| f | - | the callable target (function, member function, lambda-expression, functor) to execute | 
| a | - | the allocator to use when storing the task | 
| rhs | - | the std::packaged_taskto move from | 
[edit] Exceptions
1) 
noexcept specification:  
noexcept
  
2-3) Any exceptions thrown by copy/move constructor of 
f and possiblly std::bad_alloc if the allocation fails.
4) (none)
5) 
noexcept specification:  
noexcept
  [edit] Example
Run this code
#include <future> #include <iostream> #include <thread> int fib(int n) { if (n < 3) return 1; else return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2); } int main() { std::packaged_task<int(int)> fib_task(&fib); std::cout << "starting task\n"; auto result = fib_task.get_future(); std::thread t(std::move(fib_task), 40); std::cout << "waiting for task to finish...\n"; std::cout << result.get() << '\n'; std::cout << "task complete\n"; t.join(); }
Output:
starting task waiting for task to finish... 102334155 task complete