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Sleep for a Specific Amount of Time

Explore how to effectively suspend thread execution in C++20 using sleep_for() and sleep_until() functions from the std::this_thread namespace. Understand how to specify durations and time points with chrono literals to control thread timing in concurrent programming.

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The <thread> header provides two functions for putting a thread to sleep, sleep_for() and sleep_until(). Both functions are in the std::this_thread namespace.

How to do it

Let's look at how to use the sleep_for() and sleep_until() functions:

  • The sleep-related functions are in the std::this_thread namespace. ...