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+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) FIRST 2016-2017. All Rights Reserved.                        */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace frc {
+
+/**
+ * Create and launch a task.
+ *
+ * @param name The name of the task. "FRC_" will be prepended to the task name.
+ * @param function The address of the function to run as the new task.
+ * @param args A parameter pack of arguments to pass to the function.
+ */
+template <class Function, class... Args>
+Task::Task(const std::string& name, Function&& function, Args&&... args) {
+  m_taskName = "FRC_";
+  m_taskName += name;
+
+  std::cout << "[HAL] Starting task " << m_taskName << "..." << std::endl;
+
+  m_thread = std::thread(std::forward<std::decay_t<Function>>(function),
+                         std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+  // TODO: lvuser does not currently have permissions to set the priority.
+  // SetPriority(kDefaultPriority);
+
+  static std::atomic<int32_t> instances{0};
+  instances++;
+  HAL_Report(HALUsageReporting::kResourceType_Task, instances, 0,
+             m_taskName.c_str());
+}
+
+}  // namespace frc