std::experimental::parallel:: seq, std::experimental::parallel:: par, std::experimental::parallel:: par_vec

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constexpr sequential_execution_policy seq { } ;
(parallelism TS)
constexpr parallel_execution_policy par { } ;
(parallelism TS)
constexpr parallel_vector_execution_policy par_vec { } ;
(parallelism TS)

seq , par and par_vec are instances of the execution policy types sequential_execution_policy , parallel_execution_policy and parallel_vector_execution_policy respectively. They are used to specify the execution policy of parallel algorithms - i.e., the kinds of parallelism allowed.