std::future::wait

// future::wait
#include <iostream>       // std::cout
#include <future>         // std::async, std::future
#include <chrono>         // std::chrono::milliseconds
// a non-optimized way of checking for prime numbers:
bool is_prime (int x) {
  for (int i=2; i<x; ++i) if (x%i==0) return false;
  return true;
}
int main ()
{
  // call function asynchronously:
  std::future<bool> fut = std::async (is_prime,194232491); 
  std::cout << "checking...\n";
  fut.wait();
  std::cout << "\n194232491 ";
  if (fut.get())      // guaranteed to be ready (and not block) after wait returns
    std::cout << "is prime.\n";
  else
    std::cout << "is not prime.\n";
  return 0;
}