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/**
 * @file async_queue.h
 * @brief This file provides thread-safe asynchronous queue classes.
 *
 * AsyncQueue is a class which provides some of the functionality of a
 * std::queue object (but note that the AsyncQueue::pop(value_type&
 * obj) and AsyncQueue::move_pop(value_type& obj) methods provide the
 * popped element by reference - see the comments on that method for
 * the reason), except that it has mutex locking of the data container
 * so as to permit pushing and popping from different threads.  It is
 * therefore useful for passing data between threads, perhaps in
 * response to a signal being emitted from a Notifier object.
 *
 * AsyncQueueDispatch is a class which has blocking pop() and
 * move_pop() methods, which allows it to be waited on by a dedicated
 * event/message dispatching thread for incoming work (represented by
 * the data pushed onto the queue).  In the same way, it can be used
 * to implement thread pools, by having threads in the pool waiting on
 * the queue.
 *
 * By default the queues use a std::list object as their container
 * because when adding an item to the queue all allocation can take
 * place outside the queue object's mutex.  However, for types which
 * have low overhead copy or move constructors, this can be changed
 * to, say, a std::deque object by specifying it as the second
 * template parameter.
 *
 * If data pushed and popped from a queue are held by a reference
 * counted smart pointer, the reference count must be thread-safe,
 * such as by using SharedLockPtr or IntrusiveLockCounter, or
 * std::shared_ptr (which is required to have a thread-safe reference
 * count).
 */
 
#ifndef CGU_ASYNC_QUEUE_H
#define CGU_ASYNC_QUEUE_H
 
#include <queue>
#include <list>
#include <exception>
#include <utility>    // for std::move and std::forward
#include <algorithm>  // for std::swap
#include <time.h>
 
#include <pthread.h>
 
#include <c++-gtk-utils/mutex.h>
#include <c++-gtk-utils/thread.h>
#include <c++-gtk-utils/cgu_config.h>
 
#ifdef CGU_USE_SCHED_YIELD
#include <sched.h>
#else
#include <unistd.h>
#endif
 
namespace Cgu {
 
/**
 * @class AsyncQueuePopError async_queue.h c++-gtk-utils/async_queue.h
 * @brief An exception thrown if calling pop() on a AsyncQueue or
 * AsyncQueueDispatch object fails because the queue is empty.
 * @sa AsyncQueue AsyncQueueDispatch
 */
 
struct AsyncQueuePopError: public std::exception {
  virtual const char* what() const throw() {return "AsyncQueuePopError: popping from empty AsyncQueue object\n";}
};
 
 
/**
 * @class AsyncQueue async_queue.h c++-gtk-utils/async_queue.h
 * @brief A thread-safe asynchronous queue.
 * @sa AsyncQueueDispatch AsyncChannel AsyncResult
 *
 * AsyncQueue is a class which provides some of the functionality of a
 * std::queue object (but note that the AsyncQueue::pop(value_type&
 * obj) and AsyncQueue::move_pop(value_type& obj) methods provide the
 * popped element by reference - see the comments on that method for
 * the reason), except that it has mutex locking of the data container
 * so as to permit pushing and popping from different threads.  It is
 * therefore useful for passing data between threads, perhaps in
 * response to a signal being emitted from a Notifier object.
 *
 * By default the queue uses a std::list object as its container
 * because when adding an item to the queue all allocation can take
 * place outside the queue object's mutex.  However, for types which
 * have low overhead copy or move constructors, this can be changed
 * to, say, a std::deque object by specifying it as the second
 * template parameter.
 *
 * If data pushed and popped from the queue are held by a reference
 * counted smart pointer, the reference count must be thread-safe,
 * such as by using SharedLockPtr or IntrusiveLockCounter, or
 * std::shared_ptr (which is required to have a thread-safe reference
 * count).
 *
 * If the library is installed using the
 * \--with-glib-memory-slices-compat or
 * \--with-glib-memory-slices-no-compat configuration options, any
 * AsyncQueue objects constructed on free store will be constructed in
 * glib memory slices.  This does not affect the queue container
 * itself: to change the allocator of the C++ container, a custom
 * allocator type can be provided when the AsyncQueue object is
 * instantiated offering the standard allocator interface.  If glib
 * memory slices are not used or no AsyncQueue objects are constructed
 * on free store, it is not necessary to call g_thread_init() before
 * manipulating or using an AsyncQueue object in multiple threads, but
 * prior to glib version 2.32 glib itself (and thus glib memory
 * slices) are not thread safe unless that function has been called.
 */
 
template <class T, class Container = std::list<T> > class AsyncQueue {
public:
  typedef typename Container::value_type value_type;
  typedef typename Container::size_type size_type;
  typedef Container container_type;
private:
  mutable Thread::Mutex mutex;
  std::queue<T, Container> q;
 
// TODO: at the next ABI break make this method explicitly static
// this method won't throw: it is for the user to ensure the arguments
// do not refer to the same mutex object
  void lock2(Thread::Mutex& m1, Thread::Mutex& m2) {
    m1.lock();
    for(;;) {
      if (!m2.trylock()) {
    return;
      }
      m1.unlock();
      // spin nicely
#ifdef CGU_USE_SCHED_YIELD
      sched_yield();
#else
      usleep(10);
#endif
      m1.lock();
    }
  }
public:
/**
 * Pushes an item onto the queue.  This method has strong exception
 * safety if the container is a std::list or std::deque container (the
 * default is std::list), except that if std::deque is used as the
 * container and the copy constructor, move constructor, copy
 * assignment operator or move assignment operator of the queue item
 * throws, it only gives the basic exception guarantee (and the basic
 * guarantee is not given by std::deque if the queue item's move
 * constructor throws and it uses a non-default allocator which does
 * not provide for it to be CopyInsertable).  It is thread safe.
 * @param obj The item to be pushed onto the queue.
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The method might throw std::bad_alloc if
 * memory is exhausted and the system throws in that case.  It might
 * also throw if the copy constructor, move constructor, assignment
 * operator or move assignment operator of the queue item might throw.
 */
  void push(const value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    q.push(obj);
  }
 
/**
 * Pushes an item onto the queue.  This method has strong exception
 * safety if the container is a std::list or std::deque container (the
 * default is std::list), except that if std::deque is used as the
 * container and the copy constructor, move constructor, copy
 * assignment operator or move assignment operator of the queue item
 * throws, it only gives the basic exception guarantee (and the basic
 * guarantee is not given by std::deque if the queue item's move
 * constructor throws and it uses a non-default allocator which does
 * not provide for it to be CopyInsertable).  It is thread safe.
 * @param obj The item to be pushed onto the queue.
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The method might throw std::bad_alloc if
 * memory is exhausted and the system throws in that case.  It might
 * also throw if the copy constructor, move constructor, assignment
 * operator or move assignment operator of the queue item might throw.
 *
 * Since 2.0.0-rc5
 */
  void push(value_type&& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    q.push(std::move(obj));
  }
 
/**
 * Pushes an item onto the queue by constructing it in place: that is,
 * by passing to this method the item's constructor's arguments,
 * rather than the item itself.  This method has strong exception
 * safety if the container is a std::list or std::deque container (the
 * default is std::list).  (Technically, for a std::deque container,
 * emplace() only offers the same exception guarantees as does push(),
 * namely only the basic guarantee where a copy or move of the queue
 * item throws during the call, but the purpose of emplace is to
 * construct in place and any reasonable implementation will not copy
 * or move the queue item.)  It is thread safe.
 * @param args The constructor arguments for the item to be pushed
 * onto the queue.
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The method might throw std::bad_alloc if
 * memory is exhausted and the system throws in that case.  It might
 * also throw if the item's constructor (including any of its
 * constructor arguments) might throw when constructing the item.
 * @note The constructor of the item pushed onto the queue must not
 * access any of the methods of the same queue object, or a deadlock
 * might occur.
 *
 * Since 2.0.0-rc5
 */
  template<class... Args>
  void emplace(Args&&... args) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    q.emplace(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
  }
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's copy
 * assignment operator.  This method has strong exception safety if
 * the container is a std::deque or std::list container (the default
 * is std::list), provided the destructor of a contained item does not
 * throw.  It is thread safe.
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be assigned.
 * @exception AsyncQueuePopError If the queue is empty when a pop is
 * attempted, this method will throw AsyncQueuePopError.  It might
 * also throw if the copy assignment operator of the queue item might
 * throw.  In order to complete pop operations atomically under a
 * single lock and to retain strong exception safety, the object into
 * which the popped data is to be placed is passed as an argument by
 * reference (this avoids a copy from a temporary object after the
 * data has been extracted from the queue, which would occur if the
 * item extracted were returned by value).  It might also throw if the
 * destructor of the queue item might throw (but that should never
 * happen), or if the empty() method of the container type throws
 * (which would not happen on any sane implementation).
 */
  void pop(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    obj = q.front();
    q.pop();
  }
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's move
 * assignment operator, if it has one.  This method is identical to
 * the pop() method if that type has no move assignment operator.
 * This method has strong exception safety if the container is a
 * std::deque or std::list container (the default is std::list),
 * provided the destructor of a contained item does not throw and the
 * move assignment operator of a contained item has strong exception
 * safety.  It is thread safe.  Use this method in preference to the
 * pop() method if it is known that the contained items' move
 * assignment operator does not throw or is strongly exception safe,
 * or if the use case does not require strong exception safety.  This
 * method (or the move_pop_basic() method) must be used in place of
 * the pop() method if the contained type has a move assignment
 * operator but no copy assignment operator (such as a std::unique_ptr
 * object).
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be move assigned.
 * @exception AsyncQueuePopError If the queue is empty when a pop is
 * attempted, this method will throw AsyncQueuePopError.  It might
 * also throw if the move assignment operator of the queue item might
 * throw, or if it has no move assignment operator and its copy
 * assignment operator throws.  In order to complete pop operations
 * atomically under a single lock and to retain strong exception
 * safety, the object into which the popped data is to be placed is
 * passed as an argument by reference (this avoids a move from a
 * temporary object after the data has been extracted from the queue,
 * which would occur if the item extracted were returned by value).
 * It might also throw if the destructor of the queue item might throw
 * (but that should never happen), or if the empty() method of the
 * container type throws (which would not happen on any sane
 * implementation).
 *
 * Since 2.0.11
 */
  void move_pop(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    obj = std::move(q.front());
    q.pop();
  }
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's move
 * assignment operator, if it has one, or if not using its copy
 * assignment operator.  This method is only available where the
 * queue's container is a std::list object (which is the default), and
 * does the same as the move_pop() method except that when popping the
 * only thing which is done to the queue's container's internal state
 * within the queue object's mutex is to swap some pointers: in
 * particular, deallocation of the list node at the front of the queue
 * occurs outside that mutex, as does assignment to this method's
 * argument.  Given that, if the queue's container is a list, any new
 * node is also constructed outside the mutex when pushing or
 * emplacing an item onto the queue, this minimizes contention between
 * threads: it gets as close to lock-free performance as it is
 * possible to get with the standard containers.
 *
 * However this minimizing of contention comes at a cost, which is
 * that if the contained item's move assignment operator (or if it has
 * none, its copy assignment operator) throws, then only the basic
 * exception guarantee is offered (hence the name of this method).
 * This means that although the AsyncQueue object would be left in a
 * valid state in the event of such throwing, the item at the front of
 * the queue would be lost.  As in the case of the pop() and
 * move_pop() methods, in addition only the basic exception guarantee
 * is offered if the destructor of the contained item throws.  Only
 * use this method if the queue's container is a std::list object, and
 * if either it is known that the contained item's move assignment
 * operator (or if it has none, its copy assignment operator) does not
 * throw, or the use case does not require strong exception safety.
 * This method is thread safe.
 *
 * If this method is called for an AsyncQueue object whose container
 * is not a std::list object, it will hand off to the move_pop()
 * method, which is separately documented.
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be move assigned.
 * @exception AsyncQueuePopError If the queue is empty when a pop is
 * attempted, this method will throw AsyncQueuePopError.  It might
 * also throw if the move assignment operator of the queue item might
 * throw or it has no move assignment operator and its copy assignment
 * operator throws (in which case only the basic exception guarantee
 * is offered).  It might also throw if the destructor of the queue
 * item might throw (but that should never happen), if the empty()
 * method of the container type throws (which would not happen on any
 * sane implementation) or if the constructor of the implementation's
 * list allocator throws (which would be highly unusual).  In the
 * event of any of the last two throwing, the strong exception
 * guarantee is offered.
 *
 * Since 2.0.26 and 2.2.9
 */
// See the specialisation for lists for the implementation of this
// method.  For queues which do not use a list as their container,
// this hands off to move_pop().
  void move_pop_basic(value_type& obj) {
    move_pop(obj);
  }
 
/**
 * Discards the item at the front of the queue.  This method has
 * strong exception safety if the container is a std::deque or
 * std::list container (the default is std::list), provided the
 * destructor of a contained item does not throw.  It is thread safe.
 * @exception AsyncQueuePopError If the queue is empty when a pop is
 * attempted, this method will throw AsyncQueuePopError.  It might
 * also throw if the destructor of the queue item might throw (but
 * that should never happen), or if the empty() method of the
 * container type throws (which would not happen on any sane
 * implementation).
 */
  void pop() {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    q.pop();
  }
 
/**
 * @return Whether the queue is empty.  It will not throw assuming
 * that the empty() method of the container type does not throw, as it
 * will not on any sane implementation.
 * @note This method is thread safe, but the return value may not be
 * valid if another thread has pushed to or popped from the queue
 * before the value returned by the method is acted on.  It is
 * provided as a utility, but may not be meaningful, depending on the
 * intended usage.
 */
  bool empty() const {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    return q.empty();
  }
 
/**
 * @return The number of items currently in the queue.  It will not
 * throw assuming that the size() method of the container type does
 * not throw, as it will not on any sane implementation.
 * @note This method is thread safe, but the return value may not be
 * valid if another thread has pushed to or popped from the queue
 * before the value returned by the method is acted on.  It is
 * provided as a utility, but may not be meaningful, depending on the
 * intended usage.
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  size_type size() const {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    return q.size();
  }
 
/**
 * Swaps the contents of 'this' and 'other'.  It will not throw
 * assuming that the swap method of the container type does not throw
 * (which the C++11/14 standard requires not to happen with the
 * standard sequence containers).  It is thread safe and the swap is
 * thread-wise atomic.  A non-class function
 * Cgu::swap(Cgu::AsyncQueue&, Cgu::AsyncQueue&) method is also
 * provided which will call this method.
 * @param other The object to be swapped with this one.
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  void swap(AsyncQueue& other) {
    if (this != &other) {
      lock2(mutex, other.mutex); // doesn't throw
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l1{mutex, Thread::locked};
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l2{other.mutex, Thread::locked};
      q.swap(other.q);
    }
  }
 
/**
 * The copy assignment operator is strongly exception safe with the
 * standard sequence containers (it uses copy and swap).  It is also
 * thread safe, as it safely locks both the assignor's and assignee's
 * mutex to provide a thread-wise atomic assignment.
 * @param rhs The assignor.
 * @return The AsyncQueue object after assignment.
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The copy constructor of the queue's
 * container type, and so this assignment operator, might throw
 * std::bad_alloc if memory is exhausted and the system throws in that
 * case.  This assignment operator will also throw if the copy
 * constructor of the queue's container type throws any other
 * exceptions, including if any copy or move constructor or copy or
 * move assignment operator of a contained item throws.
 * @exception Thread::MutexError This assignment operator might throw
 * Thread::MutexError if initialization of a transitional object's
 * contained mutex fails.  (It is often not worth checking for this,
 * as it means either memory is exhausted or pthread has run out of
 * other resources to create new mutexes.)
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  AsyncQueue& operator=(const AsyncQueue& rhs) {
    if (this != &rhs) {
      lock2(mutex, rhs.mutex); // doesn't throw
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l1{mutex, Thread::locked};
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l2{rhs.mutex, Thread::locked};
      std::queue<T, Container> temp{rhs.q};
      q.swap(temp);
    }
    return *this;
  }
 
/**
 * This move assignment operator is thread safe as regards the
 * assignee (the object moved to), but no synchronization is carried
 * out with respect to the rvalue assignor/movant.  This is because
 * temporaries are only visible and accessible in the thread carrying
 * out the move operation and synchronization for them would represent
 * pointless overhead.  In a case where the user uses std::move to
 * force a move from a named object, and that named object's lifetime
 * is managed by (or the object is otherwise accessed by) a different
 * thread than the one making the move, the user must carry out her
 * own synchronization with respect to that different thread, both to
 * ensure that a consistent view of the the named object is obtained
 * and because that object will be mutated by the move.  This method
 * invokes std::queue's move assignment operator, and therefore has
 * the same exception safety as the standard library's implementation
 * of that operator.  It will not normally throw unless a custom
 * allocator is used which throws on move assignment, or the
 * destructor of a contained item throws.
 * @param rhs The assignor/movant.
 * @return The AsyncQueue object after move assignment.
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  AsyncQueue& operator=(AsyncQueue&& rhs) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    q = std::move(rhs.q);
    return *this;
  }
 
/**
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The default constructor might throw
 * std::bad_alloc if memory is exhausted and the system throws in that
 * case.
 * @exception Thread::MutexError The default constructor might throw
 * Thread::MutexError if initialization of the contained mutex fails.
 * (It is often not worth checking for this, as it means either memory
 * is exhausted or pthread has run out of other resources to create
 * new mutexes.)
 */
  AsyncQueue() = default;
 
/**
 * As regards thread safety, the move constructor does not synchronize
 * with respect to the initializing rvalue.  This is because
 * temporaries are only visible and accessible in the thread carrying
 * out the move operation and synchronization for them would represent
 * pointless overhead.  In a case where a user uses std::move to force
 * a move from a named object, and that named object's lifetime is
 * managed by (or the object is otherwise accessed by) a different
 * thread than the one making the move, the user must carry out her
 * own synchronization with respect to that different thread, both to
 * ensure that a consistent view of the the named object is obtained
 * and because that object will be mutated by the move.
 * @param rhs The AsyncQueue object to be moved.
 * @exception Thread::MutexError The move constructor might throw
 * Thread::MutexError if initialization of the contained mutex fails.
 * If it does so this move constructor is strongly exception safe (if
 * it is thrown, the object passed as an argument will be unchanged).
 * (It is often not worth checking for this, as it means either memory
 * is exhausted or pthread has run out of other resources to create
 * new mutexes.)  It might also throw if the queue's container type's
 * move constructor might throw, but it should not do that unless a
 * custom allocator is in use.
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  AsyncQueue(AsyncQueue&& rhs): q(std::move(rhs.q)) {}
 
/**
 * The copy constructor is thread safe, as it locks the initializing
 * object's mutex to obtain a consistent view of it.
 * @param rhs The AsyncQueue object to be copied.
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The copy constructor of the queue's
 * container type, and so this constructor, might throw std::bad_alloc
 * if memory is exhausted and the system throws in that case.  It will
 * also throw if the copy constructor of the queue's container type
 * throws any other exceptions, including if any copy or move
 * constructor or copy or move assignment operator of a contained item
 * throws.
 * @exception Thread::MutexError The copy constructor might throw
 * Thread::MutexError if initialization of the contained mutex fails.
 * (It is often not worth checking for this, as it means either memory
 * is exhausted or pthread has run out of other resources to create
 * new mutexes.)
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  // we use the comma operator here to lock the mutex and call the
  // copy constructor: the lock will be retained until the end of the
  // full expression in which it is lexically situated, namely until
  // the end of q's constructor - see C++11 1.9/10 and 12.2/3
  AsyncQueue(const AsyncQueue& rhs): q((Thread::Mutex::Lock(rhs.mutex), rhs.q)) {}
 
/**
 * The destructor does not throw unless the destructor of a contained
 * item throws.  It is thread safe (any thread may delete the
 * AsyncQueue object).
 */
  ~AsyncQueue() {
    // lock and unlock the mutex in the destructor so that we have an
    // acquire operation to ensure that when the std::queue object is
    // destroyed memory is synchronised, so any thread may destroy the
    // AsyncQueue object
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
  }
 
/* Only has effect if --with-glib-memory-slices-compat or
 * --with-glib-memory-slices-no-compat option picked */
  CGU_GLIB_MEMORY_SLICES_FUNCS
};
 
/**
 * @class AsyncQueueDispatch async_queue.h c++-gtk-utils/async_queue.h
 * @brief A thread-safe asynchronous queue with a blocking pop()
 * method.
 * @sa AsyncQueue AsyncChannel AsyncResult
 *
 * AsyncQueueDispatch is a class which has blocking pop_dispatch()
 * and move_pop_dispatch() methods, which allows it to be waited on by a dedicated
 * event/message dispatching thread for incoming work (represented by
 * the data pushed onto the queue).  In the same way, it can be used
 * to implement thread pools, by having threads in the pool waiting on
 * the queue.  The AsyncResult class can be useful for passing results
 * between threads in conjunction with AsyncQueueDispatch (the
 * documentation on AsyncResult gives an example).
 *
 * By default the queue uses a std::list object as its container
 * because when adding an item to the queue all allocation can take
 * place outside the queue object's mutex.  However, for types which
 * have low overhead copy or move constructors, this can be changed
 * to, say, a std::deque object by specifying it as the second
 * template parameter.
 *
 * If data pushed and popped from the queue are held by a reference
 * counted smart pointer, the reference count must be thread-safe,
 * such as by using SharedLockPtr or IntrusiveLockCounter, or
 * std::shared_ptr (which is required to have a thread-safe reference
 * count).
 *
 * If the library is installed using the
 * \--with-glib-memory-slices-compat or
 * \--with-glib-memory-slices-no-compat configuration options, any
 * AsyncQueueDispatch objects constructed on free store will be
 * constructed in glib memory slices.  This does not affect the queue
 * container itself: to change the allocator of the C++ container, a
 * custom allocator type can be provided when the AsyncQueueDispatch
 * object is instantiated offering the standard allocator interface.
 * If glib memory slices are not used or no AsyncQueueDispatch objects
 * are constructed on free store, it is not necessary to call
 * g_thread_init() before manipulating or using an AsyncQueueDispatch
 * object in multiple threads, but prior to glib version 2.32 glib
 * itself (and thus glib memory slices) are not thread safe unless
 * that function has been called.
 */
 
template <class T, class Container = std::list<T> > class AsyncQueueDispatch {
public:
  typedef typename Container::value_type value_type;
  typedef typename Container::size_type size_type;
  typedef Container container_type;
private:
  mutable Thread::Mutex mutex;
  Thread::Cond cond;
  std::queue<T, Container> q;
 
// TODO: at the next ABI break make this method explicitly static
// this method won't throw: it is for the user to ensure the arguments
// do not refer to the same mutex object
  void lock2(Thread::Mutex& m1, Thread::Mutex& m2) {
    m1.lock();
    for(;;) {
      if (!m2.trylock()) {
    return;
      }
      m1.unlock();
      // spin nicely
#ifdef CGU_USE_SCHED_YIELD
      sched_yield();
#else
      usleep(10);
#endif
      m1.lock();
    }
  }
public:
/**
 * Pushes an item onto the queue.  This method has strong exception
 * safety if the container is a std::list or std::deque container (the
 * default is std::list), except that if std::deque is used as the
 * container and the copy constructor, move constructor, copy
 * assignment operator or move assignment operator of the queue item
 * throws, it only gives the basic exception guarantee (and the basic
 * guarantee is not given by std::deque if the queue item's move
 * constructor throws and it uses a non-default allocator which does
 * not provide for it to be CopyInsertable).  It is thread safe.
 * @param obj The item to be pushed onto the queue.
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The method might throw std::bad_alloc if
 * memory is exhausted and the system throws in that case.  It might
 * also throw if the copy constructor, move constructor, assignment
 * operator or move assignment operator of the queue item might throw.
 */
  void push(const value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    q.push(obj);
    cond.signal();
  }
 
/**
 * Pushes an item onto the queue.  This method has strong exception
 * safety if the container is a std::list or std::deque container (the
 * default is std::list), except that if std::deque is used as the
 * container and the copy constructor, move constructor, copy
 * assignment operator or move assignment operator of the queue item
 * throws, it only gives the basic exception guarantee (and the basic
 * guarantee is not given by std::deque if the queue item's move
 * constructor throws and it uses a non-default allocator which does
 * not provide for it to be CopyInsertable).  It is thread safe.
 * @param obj The item to be pushed onto the queue.
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The method might throw std::bad_alloc if
 * memory is exhausted and the system throws in that case.  It might
 * also throw if the copy constructor, move constructor, assignment
 * operator or move assignment operator of the queue item might throw.
 *
 * Since 2.0.0-rc5
 */
  void push(value_type&& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    q.push(std::move(obj));
    cond.signal();
  }
 
/**
 * Pushes an item onto the queue by constructing it in place: that is,
 * by passing to this method the item's constructor's arguments,
 * rather than the item itself.  This method has strong exception
 * safety if the container is a std::list or std::deque container (the
 * default is std::list).  (Technically, for a std::deque container,
 * emplace() only offers the same exception guarantees as does push(),
 * namely only the basic guarantee where a copy or move of the queue
 * item throws during the call, but the purpose of emplace is to
 * construct in place and any reasonable implementation will not copy
 * or move the queue item.)  It is thread safe.
 * @param args The constructor arguments for the item to be pushed
 * onto the queue.
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The method might throw std::bad_alloc if
 * memory is exhausted and the system throws in that case.  It might
 * also throw if the item's constructor (including any of its
 * constructor arguments) might throw when constructing the item.
 * @note The constructor of the item pushed onto the queue must not
 * access any of the methods of the same queue object, or a deadlock
 * might occur.
 *
 * Since 2.0.0-rc5
 */
  template<class... Args>
  void emplace(Args&&... args) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    q.emplace(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    cond.signal();
  }
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's copy
 * assignment operator.  This method has strong exception safety if
 * the container is a std::deque or std::list container (the default
 * is std::list), provided the destructor of a contained item does not
 * throw.  It is thread safe.
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be assigned.
 * @exception AsyncQueuePopError If the queue is empty when a pop is
 * attempted, this method will throw AsyncQueuePopError.  It might
 * also throw if the copy assignment operator of the queue item might
 * throw.  In order to complete pop operations atomically under a
 * single lock and to retain strong exception safety, the object into
 * which the popped data is to be placed is passed as an argument by
 * reference (this avoids a copy from a temporary object after the
 * data has been extracted from the queue, which would occur if the
 * item extracted were returned by value).  It might also throw if the
 * destructor of the queue item might throw (but that should never
 * happen), or if the empty() method of the container type throws
 * (which would not happen on any sane implementation).
 */
  void pop(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    obj = q.front();
    q.pop();
  }
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's move
 * assignment operator, if it has one.  This method is identical to
 * the pop() method if that type has no move assignment operator.
 * This method has strong exception safety if the container is a
 * std::deque or std::list container (the default is std::list),
 * provided the destructor of a contained item does not throw and the
 * move assignment operator of a contained item has strong exception
 * safety.  It is thread safe.  Use this method in preference to the
 * pop() method if it is known that the contained items' move
 * assignment operator does not throw or is strongly exception safe,
 * or if the use case does not require strong exception safety.  This
 * method (or the move_pop_basic() method) must be used in place of
 * the pop() method if the contained type has a move assignment
 * operator but no copy assignment operator (such as a std::unique_ptr
 * object).
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be move assigned.
 * @exception AsyncQueuePopError If the queue is empty when a pop is
 * attempted, this method will throw AsyncQueuePopError.  It might
 * also throw if the move assignment operator of the queue item might
 * throw, or if it has no move assignment operator and its copy
 * assignment operator throws.  In order to complete pop operations
 * atomically under a single lock and to retain strong exception
 * safety, the object into which the popped data is to be placed is
 * passed as an argument by reference (this avoids a move from a
 * temporary object after the data has been extracted from the queue,
 * which would occur if the item extracted were returned by value).
 * It might also throw if the destructor of the queue item might throw
 * (but that should never happen), or if the empty() method of the
 * container type throws (which would not happen on any sane
 * implementation).
 *
 * Since 2.0.11
 */
  void move_pop(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    obj = std::move(q.front());
    q.pop();
  }
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's move
 * assignment operator, if it has one, or if not using its copy
 * assignment operator.  This method is only available where the
 * queue's container is a std::list object (which is the default), and
 * does the same as the move_pop() method except that when popping the
 * only thing which is done to the queue's container's internal state
 * within the queue object's mutex is to swap some pointers: in
 * particular, deallocation of the list node at the front of the queue
 * occurs outside that mutex, as does assignment to this method's
 * argument.  Given that, if the queue's container is a list, any new
 * node is also constructed outside the mutex when pushing or
 * emplacing an item onto the queue, this minimizes contention between
 * threads: it gets as close to lock-free performance as it is
 * possible to get with the standard containers.
 *
 * However this minimizing of contention comes at a cost, which is
 * that if the contained item's move assignment operator (or if it has
 * none, its copy assignment operator) throws, then only the basic
 * exception guarantee is offered (hence the name of this method).
 * This means that although the AsyncQueueDispatch object would be
 * left in a valid state in the event of such throwing, the item at
 * the front of the queue would be lost.  As in the case of the pop()
 * and move_pop() methods, in addition only the basic exception
 * guarantee is offered if the destructor of the contained item
 * throws.  Only use this method if the queue's container is a
 * std::list object, and if either it is known that the contained
 * item's move assignment operator (or if it has none, its copy
 * assignment operator) does not throw, or the use case does not
 * require strong exception safety.  This method is thread safe.
 *
 * If this method is called for an AsyncQueueDispatch object whose
 * container is not a std::list object, it will hand off to the
 * move_pop() method, which is separately documented.
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be move assigned.
 * @exception AsyncQueuePopError If the queue is empty when a pop is
 * attempted, this method will throw AsyncQueuePopError.  It might
 * also throw if the move assignment operator of the queue item might
 * throw or it has no move assignment operator and its copy assignment
 * operator throws (in which case only the basic exception guarantee
 * is offered).  It might also throw if the destructor of the queue
 * item might throw (but that should never happen), if the empty()
 * method of the container type throws (which would not happen on any
 * sane implementation) or if the constructor of the implementation's
 * list allocator throws (which would be highly unusual).  In the
 * event of any of the last two throwing, the strong exception
 * guarantee is offered.
 *
 * Since 2.0.26 and 2.2.9
 */
// See the specialisation for lists for the implementation of this
// method.  For queues which do not use a list as their container,
// this hands off to move_pop().
  void move_pop_basic(value_type& obj){
    move_pop(obj);
  }
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's copy
 * assignment operator.  If the queue is empty, it will block until an
 * item becomes available.  If it blocks, the wait comprises a
 * cancellation point.  This method is cancellation safe if the stack
 * unwinds on cancellation, as cancellation is blocked while the queue
 * is being operated on after coming out of a wait.  This method has
 * strong exception safety if the container is a std::deque or
 * std::list container (the default is std::list), provided the
 * destructor of a contained item does not throw.  It is thread safe.
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be assigned.  This method might throw if the copy
 * assignment operator of the queue item might throw.  In order to
 * complete pop operations atomically under a single lock and to
 * retain strong exception safety, the object into which the popped
 * data is to be placed is passed as an argument by reference (this
 * avoids a copy from a temporary object after the data has been
 * extracted from the queue, which would occur if the item extracted
 * were returned by value).  It might also throw if the destructor of
 * the queue item might throw (but that should never happen), or if
 * the empty() method of the container type throws (which would not
 * happen on any sane implementation).
 * @note This method calls Thread::Cond::wait().  Between versions
 * 2.2.3 and 2.2.13 inclusive, Thread::Cond::wait() was marked
 * 'noexcept'.  This was a mistake because it prevented a thread being
 * cancelled while in a wait, including in this method (the
 * cancellation pseudo-exception conflicted with the noexcept
 * specifier).  This was fixed in version 2.2.14.
 */
  void pop_dispatch(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    while (q.empty()) cond.wait(mutex);
    Thread::CancelBlock b;
    obj = q.front();
    q.pop();
  }    
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's move
 * assignment operator, if it has one (this method is identical to the
 * pop_dispatch() method if that type has no move assignment
 * operator).  If the queue is empty, it will block until an item
 * becomes available.  If it blocks, the wait comprises a cancellation
 * point.  This method is cancellation safe if the stack unwinds on
 * cancellation, as cancellation is blocked while the queue is being
 * operated on after coming out of a wait.  This method has strong
 * exception safety if the container is a std::deque or std::list
 * container (the default is std::list), provided the destructor of a
 * contained item does not throw and the move assignment operator of a
 * contained item has strong exception safety.  It is thread safe.
 * Use this method in preference to the pop_dispatch() method if it is
 * known that the contained items' move assignment operator does not
 * throw or is strongly exception safe, or if the use case does not
 * require strong exception safety.  This method (or the
 * move_pop_dispatch_basic() method) must be used in place of the
 * pop_dispatch() method if the contained type has a move assignment
 * operator but no copy assignment operator (such as a std::unique_ptr
 * object).
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be move assigned.  This method might throw if the
 * move assignment operator of the queue item might throw, or if it
 * has no move assignment operator and its copy assignment operator
 * throws.  In order to complete pop operations atomically under a
 * single lock and to retain strong exception safety, the object into
 * which the popped data is to be placed is passed as an argument by
 * reference (this avoids a move from a temporary object after the
 * data has been extracted from the queue, which would occur if the
 * item extracted were returned by value).  It might also throw if the
 * destructor of the queue item might throw (but that should never
 * happen), or if the empty() method of the container type throws
 * (which would not happen on any sane implementation).
 * @note This method calls Thread::Cond::wait().  Between versions
 * 2.2.3 and 2.2.13 inclusive, Thread::Cond::wait() was marked
 * 'noexcept'.  This was a mistake because it prevented a thread being
 * cancelled while in a wait, including in this method (the
 * cancellation pseudo-exception conflicted with the noexcept
 * specifier).  This was fixed in version 2.2.14.
 *
 * Since 2.0.11
 */
  void move_pop_dispatch(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    while (q.empty()) cond.wait(mutex);
    Thread::CancelBlock b;
    obj = std::move(q.front());
    q.pop();
  }    
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's move
 * assignment operator, if it has one, or if not using its copy
 * assignment operator.  This method is only available where the
 * queue's container is a std::list object (which is the default), and
 * does the same as the move_pop_dispatch() method except that when
 * popping the only thing which is done to the queue's container's
 * internal state within the queue object's mutex is to swap some
 * pointers: in particular, deallocation of the list node at the front
 * of the queue occurs outside that mutex, as does assignment to this
 * method's argument.  Given that, if the queue's container is a list,
 * any new node is also constructed outside the mutex when pushing or
 * emplacing an item onto the queue, this minimizes contention between
 * threads: it gets as close to lock-free performance as it is
 * possible to get with the standard containers.
 *
 * However this minimizing of contention comes at a cost, which is
 * that if the contained item's move assignment operator (or if it has
 * none, its copy assignment operator) throws, then only the basic
 * exception guarantee is offered (hence the name of this method).
 * This means that although the AsyncQueueDispatch object would be
 * left in a valid state in the event of such throwing, the item at
 * the front of the queue would be lost.  As in the case of the
 * pop_dispatch() and move_pop_dispatch() methods, in addition only
 * the basic exception guarantee is offered if the destructor of the
 * contained item throws.  Only use this method if the queue's
 * container is a std::list object, and if either it is known that the
 * contained item's move assignment operator (or if it has none, its
 * copy assignment operator) does not throw, or the use case does not
 * require strong exception safety.  This method is thread safe.
 *
 * If the queue is empty, it will block until an item
 * becomes available.  If it blocks, the wait comprises a cancellation
 * point.  This method is cancellation safe if the stack unwinds on
 * cancellation, as cancellation is blocked while the queue is being
 * operated on after coming out of a wait.
 *
 * If this method is called for an AsyncQueueDispatch object whose
 * container is not a std::list object, it will hand off to the
 * move_pop_dispatch() method, which is separately documented.
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be move assigned.  This method might throw if the
 * move assignment operator of the queue item might throw or it has no
 * move assignment operator and its copy assignment operator throws
 * (in which case only the basic exception guarantee is offered).  It
 * might also throw if the destructor of the queue item might throw
 * (but that should never happen), if the empty() method of the
 * container type throws (which would not happen on any sane
 * implementation) or if the constructor of the implementation's list
 * allocator throws (which would be highly unusual).  In the event of
 * any of the last two throwing, the strong exception guarantee is
 * offered.
 *
 * @note This method calls Thread::Cond::wait().  Between versions
 * 2.2.3 and 2.2.13 inclusive, Thread::Cond::wait() was marked
 * 'noexcept'.  This was a mistake because it prevented a thread being
 * cancelled while in a wait, including in this method (the
 * cancellation pseudo-exception conflicted with the noexcept
 * specifier).  This was fixed in version 2.2.14.
 *
 * Since 2.0.26 and 2.2.9
 */
// See the specialisation for lists for the implementation of this
// method.  For queues which do not use a list as their container,
// this hands off to move_pop_dispatch().
  void move_pop_dispatch_basic(value_type& obj) {
    move_pop_dispatch(obj);
  }
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's copy
 * assignment operator.  If the queue is empty, it will block until an
 * item becomes available or until the timeout expires.  If it blocks,
 * the wait comprises a cancellation point.  This method is
 * cancellation safe if the stack unwinds on cancellation, as
 * cancellation is blocked while the queue is being operated on after
 * coming out of a wait.  This method has strong exception safety if
 * the container is a std::deque or std::list container (the default
 * is std::list), provided the destructor of a contained item does not
 * throw.  It is thread safe.
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be assigned.  This method might throw if the copy
 * assignment operator of the queue item might throw.  In order to
 * complete pop operations atomically under a single lock and to
 * retain strong exception safety, the object into which the popped
 * data is to be placed is passed as an argument by reference (this
 * avoids a copy from a temporary object after the data has been
 * extracted from the queue, which would occur if the item extracted
 * were returned by value).  It might also throw if the destructor of
 * the queue item might throw (but that should never happen), or if
 * the empty() method of the container type throws (which would not
 * happen on any sane implementation).
 * @param millisec The timeout interval, in milliseconds.
 * @return If the timeout expires without an item becoming available,
 * the method will return true.  If an item from the queue is
 * extracted, it returns false.
 * @note This method calls Thread::Cond::timed_wait().  Between
 * versions 2.2.3 and 2.2.13 inclusive, Thread::Cond::timed_wait() was
 * marked 'noexcept'.  This was a mistake because it prevented a
 * thread being cancelled while in a wait, including in this method
 * (the cancellation pseudo-exception conflicted with the noexcept
 * specifier).  This was fixed in version 2.2.14.
 */
  bool pop_timed_dispatch(value_type& obj, unsigned int millisec) {
    timespec ts;
    Thread::Cond::get_abs_time(ts, millisec);
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    while (q.empty()) {
      if (cond.timed_wait(mutex, ts)) return true;
    }
    Thread::CancelBlock b;
    obj = q.front();
    q.pop();
    return false;
  }
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's move
 * assignment operator, if it has one (this method is identical to the
 * pop_timed_dispatch() method if that type has no move assignment
 * operator).  If the queue is empty, it will block until an item
 * becomes available or until the timeout expires.  If it blocks, the
 * wait comprises a cancellation point.  This method is cancellation
 * safe if the stack unwinds on cancellation, as cancellation is
 * blocked while the queue is being operated on after coming out of a
 * wait.  This method has strong exception safety if the container is
 * a std::deque or std::list container (the default is std::list),
 * provided the destructor of a contained item does not throw and the
 * move assignment operator of a contained item has strong exception
 * safety.  It is thread safe.  Use this method in preference to the
 * pop_timed_dispatch() method if it is known that the contained
 * items' move assignment operator does not throw or is strongly
 * exception safe, or if the use case does not require strong
 * exception safety.  This method (or the
 * move_pop_timed_dispatch_basic() method) must be used in place of
 * the pop_timed_dispatch() method if the contained type has a move
 * assignment operator but no copy assignment operator (such as a
 * std::unique_ptr object).
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be move assigned.  This method might throw if the
 * move assignment operator of the queue item might throw, or if it
 * has no move assignment operator and its copy assignment operator
 * throws.  In order to complete pop operations atomically under a
 * single lock and to retain strong exception safety, the object into
 * which the popped data is to be placed is passed as an argument by
 * reference (this avoids a move from a temporary object after the
 * data has been extracted from the queue, which would occur if the
 * item extracted were returned by value).  It might also throw if the
 * destructor of the queue item might throw (but that should never
 * happen), or if the empty() method of the container type throws
 * (which would not happen on any sane implementation).
 * @param millisec The timeout interval, in milliseconds.
 * @return If the timeout expires without an item becoming available,
 * the method will return true.  If an item from the queue is
 * extracted, it returns false.
 * @note This method calls Thread::Cond::timed_wait().  Between
 * versions 2.2.3 and 2.2.13 inclusive, Thread::Cond::timed_wait() was
 * marked 'noexcept'.  This was a mistake because it prevented a
 * thread being cancelled while in a wait, including in this method
 * (the cancellation pseudo-exception conflicted with the noexcept
 * specifier).  This was fixed in version 2.2.14.
 *
 * Since 2.0.11
 */
  bool move_pop_timed_dispatch(value_type& obj, unsigned int millisec) {
    timespec ts;
    Thread::Cond::get_abs_time(ts, millisec);
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    while (q.empty()) {
      if (cond.timed_wait(mutex, ts)) return true;
    }
    Thread::CancelBlock b;
    obj = std::move(q.front());
    q.pop();
    return false;
  }
 
/**
 * Pops an item from the queue using the contained type's move
 * assignment operator, if it has one, or if not using its copy
 * assignment operator.  This method is only available where the
 * queue's container is a std::list object (which is the default), and
 * does the same as the move_pop_timed_dispatch() method except that
 * when popping the only thing which is done to the queue's
 * container's internal state within the queue object's mutex is to
 * swap some pointers: in particular, deallocation of the list node at
 * the front of the queue occurs outside that mutex, as does
 * assignment to this method's argument.  Given that, if the queue's
 * container is a list, any new node is also constructed outside the
 * mutex when pushing or emplacing an item onto the queue, this
 * minimizes contention between threads: it gets as close to lock-free
 * performance as it is possible to get with the standard containers.
 *
 * However this minimizing of contention comes at a cost, which is
 * that if the contained item's move assignment operator (or if it has
 * none, its copy assignment operator) throws, then only the basic
 * exception guarantee is offered (hence the name of this method).
 * This means that although the AsyncQueueDispatch object would be
 * left in a valid state in the event of such throwing, the item at
 * the front of the queue would be lost.  As in the case of the
 * pop_timed_dispatch() and move_pop_timed_dispatch() methods, in
 * addition only the basic exception guarantee is offered if the
 * destructor of the contained item throws.  Only use this method if
 * the queue's container is a std::list object, and if either it is
 * known that the contained item's move assignment operator (or if it
 * has none, its copy assignment operator) does not throw, or the use
 * case does not require strong exception safety.  This method is
 * thread safe.
 *
 * If the queue is empty, it will block until an item becomes
 * available or until the timeout expires.  If it blocks, the wait
 * comprises a cancellation point.  This method is cancellation safe
 * if the stack unwinds on cancellation, as cancellation is blocked
 * while the queue is being operated on after coming out of a wait.
 *
 * If this method is called for an AsyncQueueDispatch object whose
 * container is not a std::list object, it will hand off to the
 * move_pop_timed_dispatch() method, which is separately documented.
 * @param obj A value type reference to which the item at the front of
 * the queue will be move assigned.  This method might throw if the
 * move assignment operator of the queue item might throw or it has no
 * move assignment operator and its copy assignment operator throws
 * (in which case only the basic exception guarantee is offered).  It
 * might also throw if the destructor of the queue item might throw
 * (but that should never happen), if the empty() method of the
 * container type throws (which would not happen on any sane
 * implementation) or if the constructor of the implementation's list
 * allocator throws (which would be highly unusual).  In the event of
 * any of the last two throwing, the strong exception guarantee is
 * offered.
 * @param millisec The timeout interval, in milliseconds.
 * @return If the timeout expires without an item becoming available,
 * the method will return true.  If an item from the queue is
 * extracted, it returns false.
 * @note This method calls Thread::Cond::timed_wait().  Between
 * versions 2.2.3 and 2.2.13 inclusive, Thread::Cond::timed_wait() was
 * marked 'noexcept'.  This was a mistake because it prevented a
 * thread being cancelled while in a wait, including in this method
 * (the cancellation pseudo-exception conflicted with the noexcept
 * specifier).  This was fixed in version 2.2.14.
 *
 * Since 2.0.26 and 2.2.9
 */
// See the specialisation for lists for the implementation of this
// method.  For queues which do not use a list as their container,
// this hands off to move_pop_timed_dispatch().
  bool move_pop_timed_dispatch_basic(value_type& obj, unsigned int millisec) {
    return move_pop_timed_dispatch(obj, millisec);
  }
 
/**
 * Discards the item at the front of the queue.  This method has
 * strong exception safety if the container is a std::deque or
 * std::list container (the default is std::list), provided the
 * destructor of a contained item does not throw.  It is thread safe.
 * @exception AsyncQueuePopError If the queue is empty when a pop is
 * attempted, this method will throw AsyncQueuePopError.  It might
 * also throw if the destructor of the queue item might throw (but
 * that should never happen), or if the empty() method of the
 * container type throws (which would not happen on any sane
 * implementation).
 */
  void pop() {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    q.pop();
  }
 
/**
 * @return Whether the queue is empty.  It will not throw assuming
 * that the empty() method of the container type does not throw, as it
 * will not on any sane implementation.
 * @note This method is thread safe, but the return value may not be
 * valid if another thread has pushed to or popped from the queue
 * before the value returned by the method is acted on.  It is
 * provided as a utility, but may not be meaningful, depending on the
 * intended usage.
 */
  bool empty() const {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    return q.empty();
  }
 
/**
 * @return The number of items currently in the queue.  It will not
 * throw assuming that the size() method of the container type does
 * not throw, as it will not on any sane implementation.
 * @note This method is thread safe, but the return value may not be
 * valid if another thread has pushed to or popped from the queue
 * before the value returned by the method is acted on.  It is
 * provided as a utility, but may not be meaningful, depending on the
 * intended usage.
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  size_type size() const {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    return q.size();
  }
 
/**
 * Swaps the contents of 'this' and 'other'.  It will not throw
 * assuming that the swap method of the container type does not throw
 * (which the C++11/14 standard requires not to happen with the
 * standard sequence containers).  It is thread safe and the swap is
 * thread-wise atomic.  A non-class function
 * Cgu::swap(Cgu::AsyncQueueDispatch&, Cgu::AsyncQueueDispatch&)
 * method is also provided which will call this method.
 * @param other The object to be swapped with this one.
 * @note An object swapped does not, by virtue of the swap, inherit
 * any threads waiting on the other one.  However if threads were
 * waiting on a swapped object prior to the swap, and it acquires
 * items by virtue of the swap, the waiting threads will unblock and
 * extract those items.
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  void swap(AsyncQueueDispatch& other) {
    if (this != &other) {
      lock2(mutex, other.mutex); // doesn't throw
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l1{mutex, Thread::locked};
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l2{other.mutex, Thread::locked};
      q.swap(other.q);
      if (!q.empty()) cond.broadcast();
      if (!other.q.empty()) other.cond.broadcast();
    }
  }
 
/**
 * The copy assignment operator is strongly exception safe with the
 * standard sequence containers (it uses copy and swap).  It is also
 * thread safe, as it safely locks both the assignor's and assignee's
 * mutex to provide a thread-wise atomic assignment.
 * @param rhs The assignor.
 * @return The AsyncQueueDispatch object after assignment.
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The copy constructor of the queue's
 * container type, and so this assignment operator, might throw
 * std::bad_alloc if memory is exhausted and the system throws in that
 * case.  This assignment operator will also throw if the copy
 * constructor of the queue's container type throws any other
 * exceptions, including if any copy or move constructor or copy or
 * move assignment operator of a contained item throws.
 * @exception Thread::MutexError This assignment operator might
 * throw Thread::MutexError if initialization of a transitional
 * object's contained mutex fails.  (It is often not worth checking
 * for this, as it means either memory is exhausted or pthread has run
 * out of other resources to create new mutexes.)
 * @exception Thread::CondError This assignment operator might throw
 * Thread::CondError if initialisation of a transitional object's
 * contained condition variable fails.  (It is often not worth
 * checking for this, as it means either memory is exhausted or
 * pthread has run out of other resources to create new condition
 * variables.)
 * @note The assignee does not, by virtue of the assignment, inherit
 * any threads waiting on the assignor.  However, if prior to the
 * assignment threads were waiting on the assignee and the assignee
 * acquires items from the assignor as a result of the assignment, the
 * waiting threads will unblock and extract those items.
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  AsyncQueueDispatch& operator=(const AsyncQueueDispatch& rhs) {
    if (this != &rhs) {
      lock2(mutex, rhs.mutex); // doesn't throw
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l1{mutex, Thread::locked};
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l2{rhs.mutex, Thread::locked};
      std::queue<T, Container> temp{rhs.q};
      q.swap(temp);
      if (!q.empty()) cond.broadcast();
    }
    return *this;
  }
 
/**
 * This move assignment operator is thread safe as regards the
 * assignee (the object moved to), but no synchronization is carried
 * out with respect to the rvalue assignor/movant.  This is because
 * temporaries are only visible and accessible in the thread carrying
 * out the move operation and synchronization for them would represent
 * pointless overhead.  In a case where the user uses std::move to
 * force a move from a named object, and that named object's lifetime
 * is managed by (or the object is otherwise accessed by) a different
 * thread than the one making the move, the user must carry out her
 * own synchronization with respect to that different thread, both to
 * ensure that a consistent view of the the named object is obtained
 * and because that object will be mutated by the move.  This method
 * invokes std::queue's move assignment operator, and therefore has
 * the same exception safety as the standard library's implementation
 * of that operator.  It will not normally throw unless a custom
 * allocator is used which throws on move assignment, or the
 * destructor of a contained item throws.
 * @param rhs The assignor/movant.
 * @return The AsyncQueueDispatch object after move assignment.
 * @note The assignee does not, by virtue of the move, inherit any
 * threads waiting on the assignor/movant.  However, if prior to the
 * move threads were waiting on the assignee and the assignee acquires
 * items from the assignor/movant as a result of the move, from
 * version 2.0.9 the waiting threads will unblock and extract those
 * items (such unblocking on move assignment did not happen with
 * version 2.0.8, which was a bug).
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  AsyncQueueDispatch& operator=(AsyncQueueDispatch&& rhs) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    q = std::move(rhs.q);
    if (!q.empty()) cond.broadcast();
    return *this;
  }
 
/**
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The default constructor might throw this
 * exception if memory is exhausted and the system throws in that
 * case.
 * @exception Thread::MutexError The default constructor might throw
 * this exception if initialisation of the contained mutex fails.  (It
 * is often not worth checking for this, as it means either memory is
 * exhausted or pthread has run out of other resources to create new
 * mutexes.)
 * @exception Thread::CondError The default constructor might throw
 * this exception if initialisation of the contained condition
 * variable fails.  (It is often not worth checking for this, as it
 * means either memory is exhausted or pthread has run out of other
 * resources to create new condition variables.)
 */
  AsyncQueueDispatch() = default;
 
/**
 * As regards thread safety, the move constructor does not synchronize
 * with respect to the initializing rvalue.  This is because
 * temporaries are only visible and accessible in the thread carrying
 * out the move operation and synchronization for them would represent
 * pointless overhead.  In a case where a user uses std::move to force
 * a move from a named object, and that named object's lifetime is
 * managed by (or the object is otherwise accessed by) a different
 * thread than the one making the move, the user must carry out her
 * own synchronization with respect to that different thread, both to
 * ensure that a consistent view of the the named object is obtained
 * and because that object will be mutated by the move.
 * @param rhs The AsyncQueueDispatch object to be moved.
 * @exception Thread::MutexError The move constructor might throw
 * Thread::MutexError if initialization of the contained mutex fails.
 * If it does so this move constructor is strongly exception safe (if
 * it is thrown, the object passed as an argument will be unchanged).
 * (It is often not worth checking for this, as it means either memory
 * is exhausted or pthread has run out of other resources to create
 * new mutexes.)
 * @exception Thread::CondError The move constructor might throw
 * Thread::CondError exception if initialisation of the contained
 * condition variable fails.  If it does so this move constructor is
 * strongly exception safe (if it is thrown, the object passed as an
 * argument will be unchanged).  (It is often not worth checking for
 * this, as it means either memory is exhausted or pthread has run out
 * of other resources to create new condition variables.)
 * @note The move constructor might also throw if the queue's
 * container type's move constructor might throw, but it should not do
 * that unless a custom allocator is in use.
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  AsyncQueueDispatch(AsyncQueueDispatch&& rhs): q(std::move(rhs.q)) {}
 
/**
 * The copy constructor is thread safe, as it locks the initializing
 * object's mutex to obtain a consistent view of it.
 * @param rhs The AsyncQueueDispatch object to be copied.
 * @exception std::bad_alloc The copy constructor of the queue's
 * container type, and so this constructor, might throw std::bad_alloc
 * if memory is exhausted and the system throws in that case.  It will
 * also throw if the copy constructor of the queue's container type
 * throws any other exceptions, including if any copy or move
 * constructor or copy or move assignment operator of a contained item
 * throws.
 * @exception Thread::MutexError The copy constructor might throw
 * Thread::MutexError if initialization of the contained mutex fails.
 * (It is often not worth checking for this, as it means either memory
 * is exhausted or pthread has run out of other resources to create
 * new mutexes.)
 * @exception Thread::CondError The copy constructor might throw this
 * exception if initialisation of the contained condition variable
 * fails.  (It is often not worth checking for this, as it means
 * either memory is exhausted or pthread has run out of other
 * resources to create new condition variables.)
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  // we use the comma operator here to lock the mutex and call the
  // copy constructor: the lock will be retained until the end of the
  // full expression in which it is lexically situated, namely until
  // the end of q's constructor - see C++11 1.9/10 and 12.2/3
  AsyncQueueDispatch(const AsyncQueueDispatch& rhs):
                        q((Thread::Mutex::Lock(rhs.mutex), rhs.q)) {}
 
/**
 * The destructor does not throw unless the destructor of a contained
 * item throws.  It is thread safe (any thread may delete the
 * AsyncQueueDispatch object).  Destroying an AsyncQueueDispatch
 * object on which another thread is currently blocked results in
 * undefined behavior.
 */
  ~AsyncQueueDispatch() {
    // lock and unlock the mutex in the destructor so that we have an
    // acquire operation to ensure that when the std::queue object is
    // destroyed memory is synchronised, so any thread may destroy the
    // AsyncQueueDispatch object
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
  }
 
/* Only has effect if --with-glib-memory-slices-compat or
 * --with-glib-memory-slices-no-compat option picked */
  CGU_GLIB_MEMORY_SLICES_FUNCS
};
 
/**
 * Swaps the contents of two AsyncQueue objects.  It will not throw
 * assuming that the swap method of the container type does not throw
 * (which the C++11/14 standard requires not to happen with the
 * standard sequence containers).  It is thread safe and the swap is
 * thread-wise atomic.
 * @param q1 An object to be swapped with the other.
 * @param q2 An object to be swapped with the other.
 * @note Calling std::swap on AsyncQueue objects is thread safe but
 * does not provide a thread-wise atomic swap (the swapped objects may
 * not be mirror images if during the execution of std::swap's default
 * algorithm one of them has been modified), although in many cases
 * that doesn't matter.  If swap() is called without a namespace
 * qualifier, argument dependent look-up will pick this one correctly.
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
template <class T, class Container>
void swap(Cgu::AsyncQueue<T, Container>& q1,
      Cgu::AsyncQueue<T, Container>& q2) {
  q1.swap(q2);
}
 
/**
 * Swaps the contents of two AsyncQueueDispatch objects.  It will not
 * throw assuming that the swap method of the container type does not
 * throw (which the C++11/14 standard requires not to happen with the
 * standard sequence containers).  It is thread safe and the swap is
 * thread-wise atomic.
 * @param q1 An object to be swapped with the other.
 * @param q2 An object to be swapped with the other.
 * @note 1. An object swapped does not, by virtue of the swap, inherit
 * any threads waiting on the other one.  However if threads were
 * waiting on a swapped object prior to the swap, and it acquires
 * items by virtue of the swap, the waiting threads will unblock and
 * extract those items.
 * @note 2. Calling std::swap on AsyncQueueDispatch objects is thread
 * safe but does not provide a thread-wise atomic swap (the swapped
 * objects may not be mirror images if during the execution of
 * std::swap's default algorithm one of them has been modified),
 * although in many cases that doesn't matter.  If swap() is called
 * without a namespace qualifier, argument dependent look-up will pick
 * this one correctly.
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
template <class T, class Container>
void swap(Cgu::AsyncQueueDispatch<T, Container>& q1,
      Cgu::AsyncQueueDispatch<T, Container>& q2) {
  q1.swap(q2);
}
 
#if defined(CGU_USE_INHERITABLE_QUEUE) && !defined(DOXYGEN_PARSING)
 
/* This is a specialization of AsyncQueue for std::list objects, which
   uses std::list::splice() to push or emplace a new item on the
   queue.  This means that allocation for the push or emplacement
   occurs outside the mutex, so reducing contention (a tip from a talk
   by Sean Parent of Adobe).  This is first available in version
   2.0.20/2.2.3.
 */
template <class T, class Allocator>
class AsyncQueue<T, std::list<T, Allocator> > {
public:
  typedef std::list<T, Allocator> Container;
  typedef typename Container::value_type value_type;
  typedef typename Container::size_type size_type;
  typedef Container container_type;
private:
  mutable Thread::Mutex mutex;
  // 23.6.3.1 of C++11 requires std::queue to have a protected
  // container member called 'c' for the purposes of derivation.  This
  // specialisation will have the same binary layout as the
  // unspecialized version on any practical implementation: all we do
  // is add splice_end() and unsplice_beginning() members
  class Q: public std::queue<T, Container> {
   public:
    void splice_end(Container&& lst) {
      this->c.splice(this->c.end(), std::move(lst));
    }
    void unsplice_beginning(Container& lst) {
      lst.splice(lst.begin(), this->c, this->c.begin());
    }
  } q;
 
// TODO: at the next ABI break make this method explicitly static
  void lock2(Thread::Mutex& m1, Thread::Mutex& m2) {
    m1.lock();
    for(;;) {
      if (!m2.trylock()) {
    return;
      }
      m1.unlock();
      // spin nicely
#ifdef CGU_USE_SCHED_YIELD
      sched_yield();
#else
      usleep(10);
#endif
      m1.lock();
    }
  }
public:
  void push(const value_type& obj) {
    Container temp{obj};
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    // splice_end doesn't throw
    q.splice_end(std::move(temp));
  }
 
  void push(value_type&& obj) {
    // although move intialisation of a std::list object via an
    // initializer list with a single element is almost certain to be
    // strongly exception safe, it is not mandated by the standard so
    // use push_back() (which is required to be strongly exception
    // safe)
    Container temp;
    temp.push_back(std::move(obj));
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    // splice_end doesn't throw
    q.splice_end(std::move(temp));
  }
 
  template<class... Args>
  void emplace(Args&&... args) {
    Container temp;
    temp.emplace_back(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    // splice_end doesn't throw
    q.splice_end(std::move(temp));
  }
 
  void pop(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    obj = q.front();
    q.pop();
  }
 
  void move_pop(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    obj = std::move(q.front());
    q.pop();
  }
 
  void move_pop_basic(value_type& obj) {
    // the standard does not require it, but in practice constructing
    // an empty list will not throw unless constructing its allocator
    // throws
    Container temp;
    {
      Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
      if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
      // unsplice_beginning doesn't throw
      q.unsplice_beginning(temp);
    }
    obj = std::move(temp.front());
  }
 
  void pop() {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    q.pop();
  }
 
  bool empty() const {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    return q.empty();
  }
 
  size_type size() const {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    return q.size();
  }
 
  void swap(AsyncQueue& other) {
    if (this != &other) {
      lock2(mutex, other.mutex); // doesn't throw
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l1{mutex, Thread::locked};
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l2{other.mutex, Thread::locked};
      q.swap(other.q);
    }
  }
 
  AsyncQueue& operator=(const AsyncQueue& rhs) {
    if (this != &rhs) {
      lock2(mutex, rhs.mutex); // doesn't throw
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l1{mutex, Thread::locked};
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l2{rhs.mutex, Thread::locked};
      Q temp{rhs.q};
      q.swap(temp);
    }
    return *this;
  }
 
  AsyncQueue& operator=(AsyncQueue&& rhs) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    q = std::move(rhs.q);
    return *this;
  }
 
  AsyncQueue() = default;
 
  AsyncQueue(AsyncQueue&& rhs): q(std::move(rhs.q)) {}
 
  AsyncQueue(const AsyncQueue& rhs): q((Thread::Mutex::Lock(rhs.mutex), rhs.q)) {}
 
  ~AsyncQueue() {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
  }
 
  CGU_GLIB_MEMORY_SLICES_FUNCS
};
 
/* This is a specialization of AsyncQueueDispatch for std::list
   objects, which uses std::list::splice() to push or emplace a new
   item on the queue.  This means that allocation for the push or
   emplacement occurs outside the mutex, so reducing contention (a tip
   from a talk by Sean Parent of Adobe).  This is first available in
   version 2.0.20/2.2.3.
 */
template <class T, class Allocator>
class AsyncQueueDispatch<T, std::list<T, Allocator> > {
public:
  typedef std::list<T, Allocator> Container;
  typedef typename Container::value_type value_type;
  typedef typename Container::size_type size_type;
  typedef Container container_type;
private:
  mutable Thread::Mutex mutex;
  Thread::Cond cond;
  // 23.6.3.1 of C++11 requires std::queue to have a protected
  // container member called 'c' for the purposes of derivation.  This
  // specialisation will have the same binary layout as the
  // unspecialized version on any practical implementation: all we do
  // is add splice_end() and unsplice_beginning() members
  class Q: public std::queue<T, Container> {
   public:
    void splice_end(Container&& lst) {
      this->c.splice(this->c.end(), std::move(lst));
    }
    void unsplice_beginning(Container& lst) {
      lst.splice(lst.begin(), this->c, this->c.begin());
    }
  } q;
 
// TODO: at the next ABI break make this method explicitly static
  void lock2(Thread::Mutex& m1, Thread::Mutex& m2) {
    m1.lock();
    for(;;) {
      if (!m2.trylock()) {
    return;
      }
      m1.unlock();
      // spin nicely
#ifdef CGU_USE_SCHED_YIELD
      sched_yield();
#else
      usleep(10);
#endif
      m1.lock();
    }
  }
public:
  void push(const value_type& obj) {
    Container temp{obj};
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    // splice_end doesn't throw
    q.splice_end(std::move(temp));
    cond.signal();
  }
 
  void push(value_type&& obj) {
    // although move intialisation of a std::list object via an
    // initializer list with a single element is almost certain to be
    // strongly exception safe, it is not mandated by the standard so
    // use push_back() (which is required to be strongly exception
    // safe)
    Container temp;
    temp.push_back(std::move(obj));
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    // splice_end doesn't throw
    q.splice_end(std::move(temp));
    cond.signal();
  }
 
  template<class... Args>
  void emplace(Args&&... args) {
    Container temp;
    temp.emplace_back(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    // splice_end doesn't throw
    q.splice_end(std::move(temp));
    cond.signal();
  }
 
  void pop(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    obj = q.front();
    q.pop();
  }
 
  void move_pop(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    obj = std::move(q.front());
    q.pop();
  }
 
  void move_pop_basic(value_type& obj) {
    // the standard does not require it, but in practice constructing
    // an empty list will not throw unless constructing its allocator
    // throws
    Container temp;
    {
      Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
      if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
      // unsplice_beginning doesn't throw
      q.unsplice_beginning(temp);
    }
    obj = std::move(temp.front());
  }
 
  void pop_dispatch(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    while (q.empty()) cond.wait(mutex);
    Thread::CancelBlock b;
    obj = q.front();
    q.pop();
  }    
 
  void move_pop_dispatch(value_type& obj) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    while (q.empty()) cond.wait(mutex);
    Thread::CancelBlock b;
    obj = std::move(q.front());
    q.pop();
  }    
 
  void move_pop_dispatch_basic(value_type& obj) {
    int old_state;
    int ignore;
    bool cancelstate_restored = false;
    try {
      pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, &old_state);
      // the standard does not require it, but in practice
      // constructing an empty list will not throw unless constructing
      // its allocator throws
      Container temp;
      pthread_setcancelstate(old_state, &ignore);
      cancelstate_restored = true;
      Thread::Mutex::TrackLock lock{mutex};
      while (q.empty()) cond.wait(mutex);
      pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, &ignore);
      cancelstate_restored = false;
      // unsplice_beginning doesn't throw
      q.unsplice_beginning(temp);
      lock.unlock();
      obj = std::move(temp.front());
      pthread_setcancelstate(old_state, &ignore);
    }
    catch (...) {
      // in practice we could only enter here with
      // cancelstate_restored set as true if there has been a
      // cancellation pseudo-exception (but the code doesn't depend on
      // that).  We could only enter here with a normal exception if
      // the construction of temp has thrown or if a queue element's
      // move/copy assignment operator has thrown (but again the code
      // doesn't depend on that).
      if (!cancelstate_restored) {
    pthread_setcancelstate(old_state, &ignore);
      }
      throw;
    }
  }    
 
  bool pop_timed_dispatch(value_type& obj, unsigned int millisec) {
    timespec ts;
    Thread::Cond::get_abs_time(ts, millisec);
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    while (q.empty()) {
      if (cond.timed_wait(mutex, ts)) return true;
    }
    Thread::CancelBlock b;
    obj = q.front();
    q.pop();
    return false;
  }
 
  bool move_pop_timed_dispatch(value_type& obj, unsigned int millisec) {
    timespec ts;
    Thread::Cond::get_abs_time(ts, millisec);
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    while (q.empty()) {
      if (cond.timed_wait(mutex, ts)) return true;
    }
    Thread::CancelBlock b;
    obj = std::move(q.front());
    q.pop();
    return false;
  }
 
  bool move_pop_timed_dispatch_basic(value_type& obj, unsigned int millisec) {
    timespec ts;
    Thread::Cond::get_abs_time(ts, millisec);
    int old_state;
    int ignore;
    bool cancelstate_restored = false;
    try {
      pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, &old_state);
      // the standard does not require it, but in practice
      // constructing an empty list will not throw unless constructing
      // its allocator throws
      Container temp;
      pthread_setcancelstate(old_state, &ignore);
      cancelstate_restored = true;
      Thread::Mutex::TrackLock lock{mutex};
      while (q.empty()) {
    if (cond.timed_wait(mutex, ts)) return true;
      }
      pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, &ignore);
      cancelstate_restored = false;
      // unsplice_beginning doesn't throw
      q.unsplice_beginning(temp);
      lock.unlock();
      obj = std::move(temp.front());
      pthread_setcancelstate(old_state, &ignore);
      return false;
    }
    catch (...) {
      // in practice we could only enter here with
      // cancelstate_restored set as true if there has been a
      // cancellation pseudo-exception (but the code doesn't depend on
      // that).  We could only enter here with a normal exception if
      // the construction of temp has thrown or if a queue element's
      // move/copy assignment operator has thrown (but again the code
      // doesn't depend on that).
      if (!cancelstate_restored) {
    pthread_setcancelstate(old_state, &ignore);
      }
      throw;
    }
  }
 
  void pop() {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    if (q.empty()) throw AsyncQueuePopError();
    q.pop();
  }
 
  bool empty() const {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    return q.empty();
  }
 
  size_type size() const {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    return q.size();
  }
 
  void swap(AsyncQueueDispatch& other) {
    if (this != &other) {
      lock2(mutex, other.mutex); // doesn't throw
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l1{mutex, Thread::locked};
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l2{other.mutex, Thread::locked};
      q.swap(other.q);
      if (!q.empty()) cond.broadcast();
      if (!other.q.empty()) other.cond.broadcast();
    }
  }
 
  AsyncQueueDispatch& operator=(const AsyncQueueDispatch& rhs) {
    if (this != &rhs) {
      lock2(mutex, rhs.mutex); // doesn't throw
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l1{mutex, Thread::locked};
      Thread::Mutex::Lock l2{rhs.mutex, Thread::locked};
      Q temp{rhs.q};
      q.swap(temp);
      if (!q.empty()) cond.broadcast();
    }
    return *this;
  }
 
  AsyncQueueDispatch& operator=(AsyncQueueDispatch&& rhs) {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
    q = std::move(rhs.q);
    if (!q.empty()) cond.broadcast();
    return *this;
  }
 
  AsyncQueueDispatch() = default;
 
  AsyncQueueDispatch(AsyncQueueDispatch&& rhs): q(std::move(rhs.q)) {}
 
  AsyncQueueDispatch(const AsyncQueueDispatch& rhs):
                        q((Thread::Mutex::Lock(rhs.mutex), rhs.q)) {}
 
  ~AsyncQueueDispatch() {
    Thread::Mutex::Lock lock{mutex};
  }
 
  CGU_GLIB_MEMORY_SLICES_FUNCS
};
 
#endif // CGU_USE_INHERITABLE_QUEUE
 
} // namespace Cgu
 
#endif