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//! Task abstraction for building executors. //! //! # Spawning //! //! To spawn a future onto an executor, we first need to allocate it on the heap and keep some //! state alongside it. The state indicates whether the future is ready for polling, waiting to be //! woken up, or completed. Such a future is called a *task*. //! //! All executors have some kind of queue that holds runnable tasks: //! //! ``` //! let (sender, receiver) = crossbeam::channel::unbounded(); //! # //! # // A future that will get spawned. //! # let future = async { 1 + 2 }; //! # //! # // A function that schedules the task when it gets woken up. //! # let schedule = move |task| sender.send(task).unwrap(); //! # //! # // Construct a task. //! # let (task, handle) = async_task::spawn(future, schedule, ()); //! ``` //! //! A task is constructed using either [`spawn`] or [`spawn_local`]: //! //! ``` //! # let (sender, receiver) = crossbeam::channel::unbounded(); //! # //! // A future that will be spawned. //! let future = async { 1 + 2 }; //! //! // A function that schedules the task when it gets woken up. //! let schedule = move |task| sender.send(task).unwrap(); //! //! // Construct a task. //! let (task, handle) = async_task::spawn(future, schedule, ()); //! //! // Push the task into the queue by invoking its schedule function. //! task.schedule(); //! ``` //! //! The last argument to the [`spawn`] function is a *tag*, an arbitrary piece of data associated //! with the task. In most executors, this is typically a task identifier or task-local storage. //! //! The function returns a runnable [`Task`] and a [`JoinHandle`] that can await the result. //! //! # Execution //! //! Task executors have some kind of main loop that drives tasks to completion. That means taking //! runnable tasks out of the queue and running each one in order: //! //! ```no_run //! # let (sender, receiver) = crossbeam::channel::unbounded(); //! # //! # // A future that will get spawned. //! # let future = async { 1 + 2 }; //! # //! # // A function that schedules the task when it gets woken up. //! # let schedule = move |task| sender.send(task).unwrap(); //! # //! # // Construct a task. //! # let (task, handle) = async_task::spawn(future, schedule, ()); //! # //! # // Push the task into the queue by invoking its schedule function. //! # task.schedule(); //! # //! for task in receiver { //! task.run(); //! } //! ``` //! //! When a task is run, its future gets polled. If polling does not complete the task, that means //! it's waiting for another future and needs to go to sleep. When woken up, its schedule function //! will be invoked, pushing it back into the queue so that it can be run again. //! //! # Cancellation //! //! Both [`Task`] and [`JoinHandle`] have methods that cancel the task. When cancelled, the task's //! future will not be polled again and will get dropped instead. //! //! If cancelled by the [`Task`] instance, the task is destroyed immediately. If cancelled by the //! [`JoinHandle`] instance, it will be scheduled one more time and the next attempt to run it will //! simply destroy it. //! //! # Performance //! //! Task construction incurs a single allocation that holds its state, the schedule function, and //! the future or the result of the future if completed. //! //! The layout of a task is equivalent to 4 `usize`s followed by the schedule function, and then by //! a union of the future and its output. //! //! # Waking //! //! The handy [`waker_fn`] constructor converts any function into a [`Waker`]. Every time it is //! woken, the function gets called: //! //! ``` //! let waker = async_task::waker_fn(|| println!("Wake!")); //! //! // Prints "Wake!" twice. //! waker.wake_by_ref(); //! waker.wake_by_ref(); //! ``` //! //! This is useful for implementing single-future executors like [`block_on`]. //! //! [`spawn`]: fn.spawn.html //! [`spawn_local`]: fn.spawn_local.html //! [`waker_fn`]: fn.waker_fn.html //! [`Task`]: struct.Task.html //! [`JoinHandle`]: struct.JoinHandle.html //! [`Waker`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/task/struct.Waker.html //! [`block_on`]: https://github.com/async-rs/async-task/blob/master/examples/block.rs #![no_std] #![warn(missing_docs, missing_debug_implementations, rust_2018_idioms)] #![doc(test(attr(deny(rust_2018_idioms, warnings))))] #![doc(test(attr(allow(unused_extern_crates, unused_variables))))] extern crate alloc; mod header; mod join_handle; mod raw; mod state; mod task; mod utils; mod waker_fn; pub use crate::join_handle::JoinHandle; pub use crate::task::{spawn, Task}; pub use crate::waker_fn::waker_fn; #[cfg(any(unix, windows))] pub use crate::task::spawn_local;