# C++ attribute: carries_dependency (since C++11)

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Indicates that dependency chain in release-consume std::memory_order propagates in and out of the function, which allows the compiler to skip unnecessary memory fence instructions.

### Syntax

`[[carries_dependency]]` |  |

### Explanation

Indicates that dependency chain in release-consume std::memory_order propagates in and out of the function, which allows the compiler to skip unnecessary memory fence instructions.

This attribute may appear in two situations:

1) it may apply to the parameter declarations of a function or lambda-expressions, in which case it indicates that initialization of the parameter carries dependency into lvalue-to-rvalue conversion of that object.
2) It may apply to the function declaration as a whole, in which case it indicates that the return value carries dependency to the evaluation of the function call expression.

This attribute must appear on the first declaration of a function or one of its parameters in any translation unit. If it is not used on the first declaration of a function or one of its parameters in another translation unit, the program is ill-formed; no diagnostic required.

See std::kill_dependency for example usage.

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