Algorithm Update

This section lists all the algorithms that can handle execution policy parameter. It further looks at the usage of the Run and Measure function.

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Execution Policy Parameter

The execution policy parameter was added to most of the existing algorithms.

Here’s the list:

adjacent_difference inplace_merge replace_copy
adjacent_find is_heap replace_copy_if
all_of is_heap_until replace_if
any_of is_partitioned reverse
copy is_sorted reverse_copy
copy_if is_sorted rotate
copy_n is_sorted_until rotate_copy
count lexicographical_compare search
count_if max_element search_n
equal merge set_difference
exclusive_scan min_element set_intersection
fill minmax_element set_symmetric_difference
fill_n mismatch set_union
find move sort
find_end none_of stable_partition
find_first_of nth_element stable_sort
find_if partial_sort swap_ranges
find_if_not partial_sort_copy transform
for_each partition transform_exclusive_scan
for_each_n partition_copy transform_inclusive_scan
generate remove transform_reduce
generate_n remove_copy uninitialized_copy
includes remove_copy_if uninitialized_copy_n
inclusive_scan remove_if uninitialized_fill
inner_product replace uninitialized_fill_n
unique unique_copy

New Algorithms

To fully support new parallel execution patterns The Standard Library was also equipped with a set of new algorithms:

Algorithm Description
for_each similar to for_each except returns void
for_each_n applies a function object to the first n elements of a sequence
reduce similar to accumulate, except out of order execution to allow parallelism
transform_reduce transforms the input elements using a unary operation, then reduces the output out of order
exclusive_scan parallel version of partial_sum, excludes the i-th input element from the i-th sum, out of order execution to allow parallelism
inclusive_scan parallel version of partial_sum, includes the i-th input element in the i-th sum, out of order execution to allow parallelism
transform_exclusive_scan applies a functor, then calculates exclusive scan
transform_inclusive_scan applies a functor, then calculates inclusive scan

The new algorithms form three groups: for_each, reduce and then scan, plus their alternatives.

With reduce and scan you also get “fused” versions like transform_reduce. These compositions should give you much better performance than using two separate steps - because the cost of parallel execution setup is smaller and also you have less one loop traversals.

The new algorithms also provide overloads withou​t the execution policy parameter so that you can use them in a standard serial version.


In the next lesson, you’ll find a description of each group.

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