Improve docs for Qt Concurrent run with promise mode

For the readers that are new to QtConcurrent, it may be confusing that
unlike the normal usage of QPromise, they don't have to call start() or
finish() when using Qt Concurrent run with promise mode. Be more
explicit about that.

Pick-to: 6.1
Change-Id: I08df6c4ca41bec4120e208a6643ee20c7adf265c
Reviewed-by: Jarek Kobus <jaroslaw.kobus@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
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Sona Kurazyan 2021-03-03 10:58:05 +01:00
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\snippet code/src_concurrent_qtconcurrentrun.cpp 11
\note There's no need to call QPromise::start() and QPromise::finish() to
indicate the beginning and the end of computation (like you would normally do when
using QPromise). QtConcurrent::run() will always call them before starting and
after finishing the execution.
\section2 Suspending and canceling the execution
The QPromise API also enables suspending and canceling the computation, if requested:
@ -215,6 +220,10 @@
call to \c promise.isCanceled() will return \c true and
\c aFunction will return immediately without any further result reporting.
\note There's no need to call QPromise::finish() to stop the computation
after the cancellation (like you would normally do when using QPromise).
QtConcurrent::run() will always call it after finishing the execution.
\section2 Progress reporting
It's also possible to report the progress of a task