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post (1 of 3 overloads)

Submits a completion token or function object for execution.

template<
    typename CompletionToken>
DEDUCED post(
    CompletionToken && token);

This function submits an object for execution using the object's associated executor. The function object is queued for execution, and is never called from the current thread prior to returning from post().

The use of post(), rather than defer , indicates the caller's preference that the function object be eagerly queued for execution.

This function has the following effects:


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