Release 2.7.0 (2020/10/01)

Table of Contents

• Download
• New Features
• Bug Fixes
• Deprecated Items
• Miscellaneous Items

Taskflow 2.7.0 is the 9th release in the 2.x line! This release includes several new changes such as CPU-GPU tasking, algorithm collection, enhanced web-based profiler, documentation, and unit tests.

Download

Taskflow 2.7.0 can be downloaded from here.

New Features

• added tf::Executor::async to support asynchronously calling a function (see Asynchronous Tasking)
• added kernel algorithm, tf::cudaFlow::for_each
• added kernel algorithm, tf::cudaFlow::for_each_index
• added explicit join method at tf::cudaFlow::join, tf::cudaFlow::join_n, tf::cudaFlow::join_until

Bug Fixes

There are no bug fixes in this release.

Deprecated Items

• removed redundant methods, tf::Taskflow::broadcast, tf::Taskflow::precede, tf::Taskflow::succeed
• removed tf::cudaFlow::predicate (replaced with tf::cudaFlow::join_until)
• removed tf::cudaFlow::stream; the executor automatically determines a local, faster stream

Miscellaneous Items

• added Contributing
• added Governance
• added Release Roadmap
• updated Frequently Asked Questions
• improved script through out-of-tree build (thanks to Daniel Jour!)