Public API

Our API is semantically conforming; hence, the reader is highly encouraged to refer to the corresponding facility in the C++ Standard if needed. All names below are also available in the top-level hpx namespace unless otherwise noted. The names in hpx should be preferred. The names in sub-namespaces will eventually be removed.

hpx/algorithm.hpp

The header hpx/algorithm.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header algorithm. See Using parallel algorithms for more information about the parallel algorithms.

Classes

Table 122 Classes of header hpx/algorithm.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::experimental::reduction	N4808
hpx::experimental::induction	N4808

Functions

Table 123 hpx functions of header hpx/algorithm.hpp

hpx function	C++ standard
hpx::adjacent_find	std::adjacent_find
hpx::all_of	std::all_of
hpx::any_of	std::any_of
hpx::copy	std::copy
hpx::copy_if	std::copy_if
hpx::copy_n	std::copy_n
hpx::count	std::count
hpx::count_if	std::count_if
hpx::ends_with	std::ends_with
hpx::equal	std::equal
hpx::fill	std::fill
hpx::fill_n	std::fill_n
hpx::find	std::find
hpx::find_end	std::find_end
hpx::find_first_of	std::find_first_of
hpx::find_if	std::find_if
hpx::find_if_not	std::find_if_not
hpx::for_each	std::for_each
hpx::for_each_n	std::for_each_n
hpx::generate	std::generate
hpx::generate_n	std::generate_n
hpx::includes	std::includes
hpx::inplace_merge	std::inplace_merge
hpx::is_heap	std::is_heap
hpx::is_heap_until	std::is_heap_until
hpx::is_partitioned	std::is_partitioned
hpx::is_sorted	std::is_sorted
hpx::is_sorted_until	std::is_sorted_until
hpx::lexicographical_compare	std::lexicographical_compare
hpx::make_heap	std::make_heap
hpx::max_element	std::max_element
hpx::merge	std::merge
hpx::min_element	std::min_element
hpx::minmax_element	std::minmax_element
hpx::mismatch	std::mismatch
hpx::move	std::move
hpx::none_of	std::none_of
hpx::nth_element	std::nth_element
hpx::partial_sort	std::partial_sort
hpx::partial_sort_copy	std::partial_sort_copy
hpx::partition	std::partition
hpx::partition_copy	std::partition_copy
hpx::experimental::reduce_by_key	reduce_by_key
hpx::remove	std::remove
hpx::remove_copy	std::remove_copy
hpx::remove_copy_if	std::remove_copy_if
hpx::remove_if	std::remove_if
hpx::replace	std::replace
hpx::replace_copy	std::replace_copy
hpx::replace_copy_if	std::replace_copy_if
hpx::replace_if	std::replace_if
hpx::reverse	std::reverse
hpx::reverse_copy	std::reverse_copy
hpx::rotate	std::rotate
hpx::rotate_copy	std::rotate_copy
hpx::search	std::search
hpx::search_n	std::search_n
hpx::set_difference	std::set_difference
hpx::set_intersection	std::set_intersection
hpx::set_symmetric_difference	std::set_symmetric_difference
hpx::set_union	std::set_union
hpx::shift_left	std::shift_left
hpx::shift_right	std::shift_right
hpx::sort	std::sort
hpx::experimental::sort_by_key	sort_by_key
hpx::stable_partition	std::stable_partition
hpx::stable_sort	std::stable_sort
hpx::starts_with	std::starts_with
hpx::swap_ranges	std::swap_ranges
hpx::transform	std::transform
hpx::unique	std::unique
hpx::unique_copy	std::unique_copy
hpx::experimental::for_loop	N4808
hpx::experimental::for_loop_strided	N4808
hpx::experimental::for_loop_n	N4808
hpx::experimental::for_loop_n_strided	N4808

Table 124 hpx::ranges functions of header hpx/algorithm.hpp

hpx::ranges function	C++ standard
hpx::ranges::adjacent_find	std::adjacent_find
hpx::ranges::all_of	std::all_of
hpx::ranges::any_of	std::any_of
hpx::ranges::copy	std::copy
hpx::ranges::copy_if	std::copy_if
hpx::ranges::copy_n	std::copy_n
hpx::ranges::count	std::count
hpx::ranges::count_if	std::count_if
hpx::ranges::ends_with	std::ends_with
hpx::ranges::equal	std::equal
hpx::ranges::fill	std::fill
hpx::ranges::fill_n	std::fill_n
hpx::ranges::find	std::find
hpx::ranges::find_end	std::find_end
hpx::ranges::find_first_of	std::find_first_of
hpx::ranges::find_if	std::find_if
hpx::ranges::find_if_not	std::find_if_not
hpx::ranges::for_each	std::for_each
hpx::ranges::for_each_n	std::for_each_n
hpx::ranges::generate	std::generate
hpx::ranges::generate_n	std::generate_n
hpx::ranges::includes	std::includes
hpx::ranges::inplace_merge	std::inplace_merge
hpx::ranges::is_heap	std::is_heap
hpx::ranges::is_heap_until	std::is_heap_until
hpx::ranges::is_partitioned	std::is_partitioned
hpx::ranges::is_sorted	std::is_sorted
hpx::ranges::is_sorted_until	std::is_sorted_until
hpx::ranges::make_heap	std::make_heap
hpx::ranges::max_element	std::max_element
hpx::ranges::merge	std::merge
hpx::ranges::min_element	std::min_element
hpx::ranges::minmax_element	std::minmax_element
hpx::ranges::mismatch	std::mismatch
hpx::ranges::move	std::move
hpx::ranges::none_of	std::none_of
hpx::ranges::nth_element	std::nth_element
hpx::ranges::partial_sort	std::partial_sort
hpx::ranges::partial_sort_copy	std::partial_sort_copy
hpx::ranges::partition	std::partition
hpx::ranges::partition_copy	std::partition_copy
hpx::ranges::set_difference	std::set_difference
hpx::ranges::set_intersection	std::set_intersection
hpx::ranges::set_symmetric_difference	std::set_symmetric_difference
hpx::ranges::set_union	std::set_union
hpx::ranges::shift_left	P2440
hpx::ranges::shift_right	P2440
hpx::ranges::sort	std::sort
hpx::ranges::stable_partition	std::stable_partition
hpx::ranges::stable_sort	std::stable_sort
hpx::ranges::starts_with	std::starts_with
hpx::ranges::swap_ranges	std::swap_ranges
hpx::ranges::transform	std::transform
hpx::ranges::unique	std::unique
hpx::ranges::unique_copy	std::unique_copy
hpx::ranges::experimental::for_loop	N4808
hpx::ranges::experimental::for_loop_strided	N4808

hpx/any.hpp

The header hpx/any.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header any.

hpx::any is compatible with std::any.

Classes

Table 125 Classes of header hpx/any.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::any	std::any
hpx::any_nonser
hpx::bad_any_cast	std::bad_any_cast
hpx::unique_any_nonser

Functions

Table 126 Functions of header hpx/any.hpp

Function	C++ standard
hpx::any_cast	std::any_cast
hpx::make_any	std::make_any
hpx::make_any_nonser
hpx::make_unique_any_nonser

hpx/assert.hpp

The header hpx/assert.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header cassert.

HPX_ASSERT is the HPX equivalent to assert in cassert. HPX_ASSERT can also be used in CUDA device code.

Macros

Table 127 Macros of header hpx/assert.hpp

Macro
HPX_ASSERT
HPX_ASSERT_MSG

hpx/barrier.hpp

The header hpx/barrier.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header barrier and contains a distributed barrier implementation. This functionality is also exposed through the hpx::distributed namespace. The name in hpx::distributed should be preferred.

Classes

Table 128 Classes of header hpx/barrier.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::barrier	std::barrier

Table 129 Distributed implementation of classes of header hpx/barrier.hpp

Class
hpx::distributed::barrier

hpx/channel.hpp

The header hpx/channel.hpp contains a local and a distributed channel implementation. This functionality is also exposed through the hpx::distributed namespace. The name in hpx::distributed should be preferred.

Classes

Table 130 Classes of header hpx/channel.hpp

Class
hpx::channel

Table 131 Distributed implementation of classes of header hpx/channel.hpp

Class
hpx::distributed::channel

hpx/chrono.hpp

The header hpx/chrono.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header chrono. The following replacements and extensions are provided compared to chrono.

Classes

Table 132 Classes of header hpx/chrono.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::chrono::high_resolution_clock	std::high_resolution_clock
hpx::chrono::high_resolution_timer
hpx::chrono::steady_time_point	std::time_point

hpx/condition_variable.hpp

The header hpx/condition_variable.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header condition_variable.

Classes

Table 133 Classes of header hpx/condition_variable.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::condition_variable	std::condition_variable
hpx::condition_variable_any	std::condition_variable_any
hpx::cv_status	std::cv_status

hpx/exception.hpp

The header hpx/exception.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header exception. hpx::exception extends std::exception and is the base class for all exceptions thrown in HPX. HPX_THROW_EXCEPTION can be used to throw HPX exceptions with file and line information attached to the exception.

Macros

• HPX_THROW_EXCEPTION

Classes

Table 134 Classes of header hpx/exception.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::exception	std::exception

hpx/execution.hpp

The header hpx/execution.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header execution. See High level parallel facilities, Using parallel algorithms and Executor parameters and executor parameter traits for more information about execution policies and executor parameters.

Note

These names are only available in the hpx::execution namespace, not in the top-level hpx namespace.

Constants

Table 135 Constants of header hpx/execution.hpp

Constant	C++ standard
hpx::execution::seq	std::execution_policy_tag
hpx::execution::par	std::execution_policy_tag
hpx::execution::par_unseq	std::execution_policy_tag
hpx::execution::task

Classes

Table 136 Classes of header hpx/execution.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::execution::sequenced_policy	std::execution_policy_tag_t
hpx::execution::parallel_policy	std::execution_policy_tag_t
hpx::execution::parallel_unsequenced_policy	std::execution_policy_tag_t
hpx::execution::sequenced_task_policy
hpx::execution::parallel_task_policy
hpx::execution::experimental::auto_chunk_size
hpx::execution::experimental::dynamic_chunk_size
hpx::execution::experimental::guided_chunk_size
hpx::execution::experimental::persistent_auto_chunk_size
hpx::execution::experimental::static_chunk_size
hpx::execution::experimental::num_cores

hpx/functional.hpp

The header hpx/functional.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header functional. hpx::function is a more efficient and serializable replacement for std::function.

Constants

The following constants correspond to the C++ standard std::placeholders

Table 137 Constants of header hpx/functional.hpp

Constant
hpx::placeholders::_1
hpx::placeholders::_2
…
hpx::placeholders::_9

Classes

Table 138 Classes of header hpx/functional.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::function	std::function
hpx::function_ref	P0792
hpx::move_only_function	std::move_only_function
hpx::is_bind_expression	std::is_bind_expression
hpx::is_placeholder	std::is_placeholder
hpx::scoped_annotation

Functions

Table 139 Functions of header hpx/functional.hpp

Function	C++ standard
hpx::annotated_function
hpx::bind	std::bind
hpx::bind_back	std::bind_front
hpx::bind_front	std::bind_front
hpx::invoke	std::invoke
hpx::invoke_fused	std::apply
hpx::invoke_fused_r
hpx::mem_fn	std::mem_fn

hpx/future.hpp

The header hpx/future.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header future. See Extended facilities for futures for more information about extensions to futures compared to the C++ standard library.

This header file also contains overloads of hpx::async, hpx::post, hpx::sync, and hpx::dataflow that can be used with actions. See Action invocation for more information about invoking actions.

Classes

Table 140 Classes of header hpx/future.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::future	std::future
hpx::shared_future	std::shared_future
hpx::promise	std::promise
hpx::launch	std::launch
hpx::packaged_task	std::packaged_task

Note

All names except hpx::promise are also available in the top-level hpx namespace. hpx::promise refers to hpx::distributed::promise, a distributed variant of hpx::promise, but will eventually refer to hpx::promise after a deprecation period.

Table 141 Distributed implementation of classes of header hpx/future.hpp

Class
hpx::distributed::promise

Functions

Table 142 Functions of header hpx/future.hpp

Function	C++ standard
hpx::async	std::async
hpx::post
hpx::sync
hpx::dataflow
hpx::make_future
hpx::make_shared_future
hpx::make_ready_future	P0159
hpx::make_ready_future_alloc
hpx::make_ready_future_at
hpx::make_ready_future_after
hpx::make_exceptional_future	P0159
hpx::when_all	P0159
hpx::when_any	P0159
hpx::when_some
hpx::when_each
hpx::wait_all
hpx::wait_any
hpx::wait_some
hpx::wait_each

hpx/init.hpp

The header hpx/init.hpp contains functionality for starting, stopping, suspending, and resuming the HPX runtime. This is the main way to explicitly start the HPX runtime. See Starting the HPX runtime for more details on starting the HPX runtime.

Classes

Table 143 Classes of header hpx/init.hpp

Class
hpx::init_params
hpx::runtime_mode

Functions

Table 144 Functions of header hpx/init.hpp

Function
hpx::init
hpx::start
hpx::finalize
hpx::disconnect
hpx::suspend
hpx::resume

hpx/latch.hpp

The header hpx/latch.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header latch. It contains a local and a distributed latch implementation. This functionality is also exposed through the hpx::distributed namespace. The name in hpx::distributed should be preferred.

Classes

Table 145 Classes of header hpx/latch.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::latch	std::latch

Table 146 Distributed implementation of classes of header hpx/latch.hpp

Class
hpx::distributed::latch

hpx/mutex.hpp

The header hpx/mutex.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header mutex.

Classes

Table 147 Classes of header hpx/mutex.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::mutex	std::mutex
hpx::no_mutex
hpx::once_flag	std::once_flag
hpx::recursive_mutex	std::recursive_mutex
hpx::spinlock
hpx::timed_mutex	std::timed_mutex
hpx::unlock_guard

Functions

Table 148 Functions of header hpx/mutex.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::call_once	std::call_once

hpx/memory.hpp

The header hpx/memory.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header memory. It contains parallel versions of the copy, fill, move, and construct helper functions in memory. See Using parallel algorithms for more information about the parallel algorithms.

Functions

Table 149 hpx functions of header hpx/memory.hpp

hpx function	C++ standard
hpx::uninitialized_copy	std::uninitialized_copy
hpx::uninitialized_copy_n	std::uninitialized_copy_n
hpx::uninitialized_default_construct	std::uninitialized_default_construct
hpx::uninitialized_default_construct_n	std::uninitialized_default_construct_n
hpx::uninitialized_fill	std::uninitialized_fill
hpx::uninitialized_fill_n	std::uninitialized_fill_n
hpx::uninitialized_move	std::uninitialized_move
hpx::uninitialized_move_n	std::uninitialized_move_n
hpx::uninitialized_value_construct	std::uninitialized_value_construct
hpx::uninitialized_value_construct_n	std::uninitialized_value_construct_n

Table 150 hpx::ranges functions of header hpx/memory.hpp

hpx::ranges function	C++ standard
hpx::ranges::uninitialized_copy	std::uninitialized_copy
hpx::ranges::uninitialized_copy_n	std::uninitialized_copy_n
hpx::ranges::uninitialized_default_construct	std::uninitialized_default_construct
hpx::ranges::uninitialized_default_construct_n	std::uninitialized_default_construct_n
hpx::ranges::uninitialized_fill	std::uninitialized_fill
hpx::ranges::uninitialized_fill_n	std::uninitialized_fill_n
hpx::ranges::uninitialized_move	std::uninitialized_move
hpx::ranges::uninitialized_move_n	std::uninitialized_move_n
hpx::ranges::uninitialized_value_construct	std::uninitialized_value_construct
hpx::ranges::uninitialized_value_construct_n	std::uninitialized_value_construct_n

hpx/numeric.hpp

The header hpx/numeric.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header numeric. See Using parallel algorithms for more information about the parallel algorithms.

Functions

Table 151 hpx functions of header hpx/numeric.hpp

hpx function	C++ standard
hpx::adjacent_difference	std::adjacent_difference
hpx::exclusive_scan	std::exclusive_scan
hpx::inclusive_scan	std::inclusive_scan
hpx::reduce	std::reduce
hpx::transform_exclusive_scan	std::transform_exclusive_scan
hpx::transform_inclusive_scan	std::transform_inclusive_scan
hpx::transform_reduce	std::transform_reduce

Table 152 hpx::ranges functions of header hpx/numeric.hpp

hpx::ranges function
hpx::ranges::adjacent_difference
hpx::ranges::exclusive_scan
hpx::ranges::inclusive_scan
hpx::ranges::reduce
hpx::ranges::transform_exclusive_scan
hpx::ranges::transform_inclusive_scan
hpx::ranges::transform_reduce

hpx/optional.hpp

The header hpx/optional.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header optional. hpx::optional is compatible with std::optional.

Constants

• hpx::nullopt

Classes

Table 153 Classes of header hpx/optional.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::optional	std::optional
hpx::nullopt_t	std::nullopt_t
hpx::bad_optional_access	std::bad_optional_access

hpx/runtime.hpp

The header hpx/runtime.hpp contains functions for accessing local and distributed runtime information.

Typedefs

Table 154 Typedefs of header hpx/runtime.hpp

Typedef
hpx::startup_function_type
hpx::shutdown_function_type

Functions

Table 155 Functions of header hpx/runtime.hpp

Function
hpx::find_root_locality
hpx::find_all_localities
hpx::find_remote_localities
hpx::find_locality
hpx::get_colocation_id
hpx::get_locality_id
hpx::get_num_worker_threads
hpx::get_worker_thread_num
hpx::get_thread_name
hpx::register_pre_startup_function
hpx::register_startup_function
hpx::register_pre_shutdown_function
hpx::register_shutdown_function
hpx::get_num_localities
hpx::get_locality_name

hpx/experimental/scope.hpp

The header hpx/experimental/scope.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header experimental/scope.

Classes

Table 156 Classes of header hpx/scope.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::experimental::scope_exit	std::scope_exit
hpx::experimental::scope_fail	std::scope_fail
hpx::experimental::scope_success	std::scope_success

hpx/semaphore.hpp

The header hpx/semaphore.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header semaphore.

Classes

Table 157 Classes of header hpx/semaphore.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::binary_semaphore	std::counting_semaphore
hpx::counting_semaphore	std::counting_semaphore

hpx/shared_mutex.hpp

The header hpx/shared_mutex.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header shared_mutex.

Classes

Table 158 Classes of header hpx/shared_mutex.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::shared_mutex	std::shared_mutex

hpx/source_location.hpp

The header hpx/source_location.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header source_location.

Classes

Table 159 Classes of header hpx/system_error.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::source_location	std::source_location

hpx/stop_token.hpp

The header hpx/stop_token.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header stop_token.

Constants

Table 160 Constants of header hpx/stop_token.hpp

Constant	C++ standard
hpx::nostopstate	std::nostopstate

Classes

Table 161 Classes of header hpx/stop_token.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::stop_callback	std::stop_callback
hpx::stop_source	std::stop_source
hpx::stop_token	std::stop_token
hpx::nostopstate_t	std::nostopstate_t

hpx/system_error.hpp

The header hpx/system_error.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header system_error.

Classes

Table 162 Classes of header hpx/system_error.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::error_code	std::error_code

hpx/task_block.hpp

The header hpx/task_block.hpp corresponds to the task_block feature in N4755. See using_task_block for more details on using task blocks.

Classes

Table 163 Classes of header hpx/task_block.hpp

Class
hpx::experimental::task_canceled_exception
hpx::experimental::task_block

Functions

Table 164 Functions of header hpx/task_block.hpp

Function
hpx::experimental::define_task_block
hpx::experimental::define_task_block_restore_thread

hpx/experimental/task_group.hpp

The header hpx/experimental/task_group.hpp corresponds to the task_group feature in oneAPI Threading Building Blocks (oneTBB).

Classes

Table 165 Classes of header hpx/experimental/task_group.hpp

Class
hpx::experimental::task_group

hpx/thread.hpp

The header hpx/thread.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header thread. The functionality in this header is equivalent to the standard library thread functionality, with the exception that the HPX equivalents are implemented on top of lightweight threads and the HPX runtime.

Classes

Table 166 Classes of header hpx/thread.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::thread	std::thread
hpx::jthread	std::jthread

Functions

Table 167 Functions of header hpx/thread.hpp

Function	C++ standard
hpx::this_thread::yield	std::yield
hpx::this_thread::get_id	std::get_id
hpx::this_thread::sleep_for	std::sleep_for
hpx::this_thread::sleep_until	std::sleep_until

hpx/tuple.hpp

The header hpx/tuple.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header tuple. hpx::tuple can be used in CUDA device code, unlike std::tuple.

Constants

Table 168 Constants of header hpx/tuple.hpp

Constant	C++ standard
hpx::ignore	std::ignore

Classes

Table 169 Classes of header hpx/tuple.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::tuple	std::tuple
hpx::tuple_size	std::tuple_size
hpx::tuple_element	std::tuple_element

Functions

Table 170 Functions of header hpx/tuple.hpp

Function	C++ standard
hpx::make_tuple	std::tuple_element
hpx::tie	std::tie
hpx::forward_as_tuple	std::forward_as_tuple
hpx::tuple_cat	std::tuple_cat
hpx::get	std::get

hpx/type_traits.hpp

The header hpx/type_traits.hpp corresponds to the C++ standard library header type_traits.

Classes

Table 171 Classes of header hpx/type_traits.hpp

Class	C++ standard
hpx::is_invocable	std::is_invocable
hpx::is_invocable_r	std::is_invocable

hpx/unwrap.hpp

The header hpx/unwrap.hpp contains utilities for unwrapping futures.

Classes

Table 172 Classes of header hpx/unwrap.hpp

Class
hpx::functional::unwrap
hpx::functional::unwrap_n
hpx::functional::unwrap_all

Functions

Table 173 Functions of header hpx/unwrap.hpp

Function
hpx::unwrap
hpx::unwrap_n
hpx::unwrap_all
hpx::unwrapping
hpx::unwrapping_n
hpx::unwrapping_all

hpx/version.hpp

The header hpx/version.hpp provides version information about HPX.

Macros

Table 174 Macros of header hpx/version.hpp

Macro
HPX_VERSION_MAJOR
HPX_VERSION_MINOR
HPX_VERSION_SUBMINOR
HPX_VERSION_FULL
HPX_VERSION_DATE
HPX_VERSION_TAG
HPX_AGAS_VERSION

Functions

Table 175 Functions of header hpx/version.hpp

Function
hpx::major_version
hpx::minor_version
hpx::subminor_version
hpx::full_version
hpx::full_version_as_string
hpx::tag
hpx::agas_version
hpx::build_type
hpx::build_date_time

hpx/wrap_main.hpp

The header hpx/wrap_main.hpp does not provide any direct functionality but is used for implicitly using main as the runtime entry point. See Re-use the main() function as the main HPX entry point for more details on implicitly starting the HPX runtime.