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Run the io_context object's event processing loop.

count_type run();

The run() function blocks until all work has finished and there are no more handlers to be dispatched, or until the io_context has been stopped.

Multiple threads may call the run() function to set up a pool of threads from which the io_context may execute handlers. All threads that are waiting in the pool are equivalent and the io_context may choose any one of them to invoke a handler.

A normal exit from the run() function implies that the io_context object is stopped (the stopped() function returns true). Subsequent calls to run(), run_one(), poll() or poll_one() will return immediately unless there is a prior call to restart().

Return Value

The number of handlers that were executed.

Remarks

Calling the run() function from a thread that is currently calling one of run(), run_one(), run_for(), run_until(), poll() or poll_one() on the same io_context object may introduce the potential for deadlock. It is the caller's reponsibility to avoid this.

The poll() function may also be used to dispatch ready handlers, but without blocking.