# std::experimental::future::then

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template < class F > future</* see below */> then(F&& func) ; |  |

Attach the continuation `func` to *this. The behavior is undefined if *this has no associated shared state (i.e., valid() == false).

Creates a shared state associated with the `future` object to be returned, and a copy fd of `func` constructed as if by DECAY_COPY(std::forward<F>(func)) evaluated in the thread calling `then`, where DECAY_COPY is defined as

    template <class T>
    std::decay_t<T> DECAY_COPY(T&& v) {
        return std::forward<T>(v);
    }

When the shared state currently associated with *this is ready, the continuation INVOKE(std::move(fd), std::move(*this)) is called on an unspecified thread of execution, where INVOKE is the operation defined in `Callable`. If that expression is invalid, the behavior is undefined.

Any value returned from the continuation is stored as the result in the shared state of the returned `future` object. Any exception propagated from the execution of the continuation is stored as the exceptional result in the shared state of the returned `future` object.

Let `U` be the return type of the continuation (i.e. std::result_of_t<std::decay_t<F>(std::experimental::future<T>)>). If `U` is std::experimental::future<T2> for some type `T2`, then the return type of `then` is std::experimental::future<T2>, otherwise it is std::experimental::future<U>. This is known as implicit unwrapping.

If implicit unwrapping takes place and the continuation returns an invalid `future`, then the shared state is made ready with an exception of type std::future_error with an error condition of std::future_errc::broken_promise.

After this function returns, valid() is false.

### Parameters

func | - | A continuation to be attached.

### Return value

A std::experimental::future object associated with the shared state created by this object. valid() == true for the returned object.

### Example

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