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asyncSection: 32.10.9 [futures.async] Status: NAD Submitter: Detlef Vollmann Opened: 2012-10-19 Last modified: 2026-06-09
Priority: 4
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Discussion:
promise, packaged_task, and async are the only
places where a shared state is actually supposed to be allocated. Accordingly,
promise and packaged_task are "allocator-aware". But
function template async provides no way to provide an allocator.
[2013-09 Chicago]
Matt: deprecate async
Nico: read my paper Alisdair: defer issues to wait for polymorphic allocators Alisdair: defer, active topic of research Deferred[2014-02-20 Re-open Deferred issues as Priority 4]
[2015-05 Lenexa, SG1 response]
We want whatever status approximates: "will not fix; we're working on a replacement facility and don't want to add features to a broken one"
[Brno 2026-06-09; Status changed: Deferred → NAD.]
Close as NAD following SG1 recommendation.
Proposed resolution: