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+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This code is licensed under the MIT License (MIT).
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+// THE SOFTWARE.
+//
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#pragma once
+
+#ifndef GSL_THREAD_H
+#define GSL_THREAD_H
+
+#include <thread>
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+ #pragma warning(push)
+
+ // turn off some warnings that are noisy about our Expects statements
+ #pragma warning(disable : 4127) // conditional expression is constant
+
+ // blanket turn off warnings from CppCoreCheck for now
+ // so people aren't annoyed by them when running the tool.
+ // more targeted suppressions will be added in a future update to the GSL
+ #pragma warning(disable : 26481 26482 26483 26485 26490 26491 26492 26493 26495)
+#endif // _MSC_VER
+
+namespace gsl
+{
+
+class detached_thread
+{
+	friend void swap(detached_thread& t1, detached_thread& t2) noexcept;
+
+public:
+	detached_thread() noexcept = default;
+
+	detached_thread(detached_thread const&) = delete;
+	detached_thread(detached_thread&& other): t(std::move(other.t)) {}
+
+	detached_thread(std::thread const&) = delete;
+	detached_thread(std::thread&& other) noexcept: t(std::move(other)) { if(t.joinable()) t.detach(); }
+
+	detached_thread& operator=(detached_thread const&) = delete;
+	detached_thread& operator=(detached_thread&& other) noexcept { t = std::move(other.t); return *this; }
+
+	detached_thread& operator=(std::thread const&) = delete;
+	detached_thread& operator=(std::thread&& other) noexcept { t = std::move(other); if(t.joinable()) t.detach(); return *this; }
+
+	template<typename Callable, typename... Args>
+	explicit detached_thread(Callable&& f, Args&&... args)
+	: t(std::forward<Callable>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...) { t.detach(); }
+
+	bool joinable() const { return t.joinable(); }
+
+	std::thread::id get_id() const noexcept { return t.get_id(); }
+
+	std::thread::native_handle_type native_handle() { return t.native_handle(); }
+
+	void join() { t.join(); }
+
+	void swap(detached_thread& other) noexcept { using std::swap; swap(t, other.t); }
+
+private:
+	std::thread t;
+};
+
+void swap(detached_thread& t1, detached_thread& t2) noexcept
+{
+	using std::swap;
+	swap(t1.t, t2.t);
+}
+
+class raii_thread
+{
+	friend void swap(raii_thread& t1, raii_thread& t2) noexcept;
+	
+public:
+	raii_thread() noexcept = default;
+	
+	raii_thread(raii_thread const&) = delete;
+	raii_thread(raii_thread&& other): t(std::move(other.t)) {}
+
+	raii_thread(std::thread const&) = delete;
+	raii_thread(std::thread&& other) noexcept: t(std::move(other)) {}
+
+	raii_thread& operator=(raii_thread const&) = delete;
+	raii_thread& operator=(raii_thread&& other) noexcept { t = std::move(other.t); return *this; }
+	
+	raii_thread& operator=(std::thread const&) = delete;
+	raii_thread& operator=(std::thread&& other) noexcept { t = std::move(other); return *this; }
+
+	template<typename Callable, typename... Args>
+	explicit raii_thread(Callable&& f, Args&&... args)
+	: t(std::forward<Callable>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...) {}
+
+	~raii_thread() { if(t.joinable()) t.join(); }
+	
+	bool joinable() const { return t.joinable(); }
+	
+	std::thread::id get_id() const noexcept { return t.get_id(); }
+	
+	std::thread::native_handle_type native_handle() { return t.native_handle(); }
+	
+	void join() { t.join(); }
+	
+	void swap(raii_thread& other) noexcept { using std::swap; swap(t, other.t); }
+
+private:
+	std::thread t;
+};
+
+void swap(raii_thread& t1, raii_thread& t2) noexcept
+{
+	using std::swap;
+	swap(t1.t, t2.t);
+}
+
+} // namespace gsl
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+ #pragma warning(pop)
+#endif // _MSC_VER
+
+#endif // GSL_THREAD_H