Simple C++ coroutine example

coroutine-simple.cpp

/*

until C++20 to build this with CL (MSVC) 
/await compiler switch is required

*/
#include <future>
#include <iostream>

#ifndef __cpp_coroutines
#error __FILE__ " requires coroutines..." 
#endif

// do not do anonymous namespaces in headers
namespace {
    
using namespace std;

future<int> async_add(int a, int b)
{
    auto fut = std::async([=]() {
        int c = a + b;
        return c;
    });

    return fut;
}

future<int> async_fib(int n)
{
    if (n <= 2)
        co_return 1;

    int a = 1;
    int b = 1;

    // iterate computing fib(n)
    for (int i = 0; i < n - 2; ++i)
    {
        int c = co_await async_add(a, b);
        a = b;
        b = c;
    }

    co_return b;
}

future<void> test_async_fib(std::size_t max_fibi )
{
    for (std::size_t i = 1; i < max_fibi; ++i)
    {
        int ret = co_await async_fib(i);
        cout << "async_fib(" << i << ") returns " << ret << endl;
    }
}

} // namespace 

int main()
{
    auto fut = test_async_fib();
    fut.wait();

    return 0;
}