--- /dev/null
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+// Copyright (C) 2009 - 2024 by the deal.II authors
+//
+// This file is part of the deal.II library.
+//
+// Part of the source code is dual licensed under Apache-2.0 WITH
+// LLVM-exception OR LGPL-2.1-or-later. Detailed license information
+// governing the source code and code contributions can be found in
+// LICENSE.md and CONTRIBUTING.md at the top level directory of deal.II.
+//
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+// Test TaskResult::emplace_object().
+
+#include <deal.II/base/task_result.h>
+
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+
+
+int
+main()
+{
+ initlog();
+
+ {
+ // Create a background task that returns a value. Associate this
+ // background task with a TaskResult object.
+ Threads::TaskResult<int> t = Threads::new_task([]() {
+ std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+ return 42;
+ });
+
+ // Wait for that background task to finish, then get its
+ // value:
+ deallog << t.value() << std::endl;
+
+ // Now set things to a different value, and output it:
+ t.emplace_object(43);
+ deallog << t.value() << std::endl;
+ }
+
+ {
+ // Create an empty TaskResult object. Then set its value to
+ // something and check what that is:
+ Threads::TaskResult<int> t;
+ t.emplace_object(44);
+ deallog << t.value() << std::endl;
+ }
+}