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+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2009 - 2018 by the deal.II authors
+//
+// This file is part of the deal.II library.
+//
+// The deal.II library is free software; you can use it, redistribute
+// it, and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
+// Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+// The full text of the license can be found in the file LICENSE.md at
+// the top level directory of deal.II.
+//
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+// verify that TaskGroup::size() does what we want
+
+#include <deal.II/base/thread_management.h>
+
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+
+void
+test(int i)
+{
+ std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+}
+
+
+
+int
+main()
+{
+ initlog();
+
+ Threads::TaskGroup<> tg;
+ tg += Threads::new_task(test, 1);
+ deallog << tg.size() << std::endl;
+
+ tg += Threads::new_task(test, 2);
+ deallog << tg.size() << std::endl;
+
+ tg.join_all();
+ deallog << tg.size() << std::endl;
+}