std::call_once vs. std::async

This article discusses the differences between std::call_once and std::async in C++, focusing on how std::async can be used for deferred execution. It explains the behavior of std::future and std::shared_future in managing deferred tasks.

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Last time, we compared magic statics with std::call_once and concluded that std::call_once lets you construct magic statics-like behavior for non-static variables.

But there is also std::async for delayed execution. Can we use that instead?

The idea here is that you tell std::async that you want it to defer execution of something (say, a lambda). It returns a std::future representing that deferred execution.

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