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[section:immediate_completion Customising Immediate Completion]

The `associated_immediate_executor` associator trait, along with the
`bind_immediate_executor` function, provide the ability to customise the
execution of a completion handler when an asynchronous operation completes
immediately.

When a supported operation completes immediately (that is, within the
initiating function) the associated immmediate executor is obtained, and the
completion handler is delivered through that executor as if by using
`boost::asio::dispatch` on that executor. By default, the immediate executor delivers
the completion handler as if using `boost::asio::post` via the operation's I/O
executor.

For example, to allow a recursive call to the completion handler of an
`async_read_some` operation, we may specify that immediate completion is
delivered via a `system_executor`:

  my_socket.async_read_some(my_buffer,
      bind_immediate_executor(
        system_executor(),
        [](error_code e, size_t n)
        {
          // ...
        }
      )
    );

Immediate execution is currently supported for asynchronous operations on
reactor-based sockets and descriptors, and for asynchronous operations on
channels.

[*Note:] When enabling the immediate execution of completion handlers, care
must be taken to ensure that unbounded recursion and stack overflow do not
occur. Furthermore, use of immediate completion may impact the fairness of
completion handler scheduling, with a potential for starvation for other
pending work.

[heading See Also]

[link boost_asio.reference.associated_immediate_executor associated_immediate_executor],
[link boost_asio.reference.bind_immediate_executor bind_immediate_executor].

[endsect]
