c++ syntax question

It's a function that is being passed a C++14 Lambda function that returns an int, in this case the value 42.

More information on C++ lambda functions:

• http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/lambda
• http://www.cprogramming.com/c++11/c++11-lambda-closures.html
• http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/lambdas-in-c11/240168241

-> This is the Arrow Operator. It is a dereference operator that is used exclusively with pointers to objects that have members. This operator serves to access the member of an object directly from its address.  For accessing object variables and methods via pointer to object.

If p_emp is a pointer to an object of type Employee, then to assign the value "zara" to the first_name member of object emp, you would write something as follows:

strcpy(p_emp->first_name, "zara");

Below will also explain you the meaning of :: ,->, : in C++?

Ref - https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-in-C++

I hope it helps.

It could be re-written like this to make it a little clearer:

auto lambda = []() -> int { return 42; }; // lambda is just a variable that holds the lambda function
auto t = create_task(lambda); // this is now passing the function object to the create_task function

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OK, I found the answer, "->int" means that the lambda function will return a integer. Thanks for your attention.

You are right, it is the return type

Indeed, but that's only in this case. That syntax is specifically used to allow the use of the decltype operator to be able to specify the return type of a lambda from one or more of the passed arguments. In this case, it's completely pointless, because the return type isn't being deferred from a passed argument.

Thnx evilrix ! I got in pointers that why got confused. Thanx for the info.

No worries, Pawan. Have a good day, sir.