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//! Abstractions for asynchronous programming.
//!
//! This crate provides a number of core abstractions for writing asynchronous
//! code:
//!
//! - [Futures](crate::future) are single eventual values produced by
//! asynchronous computations. Some programming languages (e.g. JavaScript)
//! call this concept "promise".
//! - [Streams](crate::stream) represent a series of values
//! produced asynchronously.
//! - [Sinks](crate::sink) provide support for asynchronous writing of
//! data.
//! - [Executors](crate::executor) are responsible for running asynchronous
//! tasks.
//!
//! The crate also contains abstractions for [asynchronous I/O](crate::io) and
//! [cross-task communication](crate::channel).
//!
//! Underlying all of this is the *task system*, which is a form of lightweight
//! threading. Large asynchronous computations are built up using futures,
//! streams and sinks, and then spawned as independent tasks that are run to
//! completion, but *do not block* the thread running them.
//!
//! The following example describes how the task system context is built and used
//! within macros and keywords such as async and await!.
//!
//! ```rust
//! # use futures::channel::mpsc;
//! # use futures::executor; ///standard executors to provide a context for futures and streams
//! # use futures::executor::ThreadPool;
//! # use futures::StreamExt;
//! #
//! fn main() {
//! # {
//! let pool = ThreadPool::new().expect("Failed to build pool");
//! let (tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded::<i32>();
//!
//! // Create a future by an async block, where async is responsible for an
//! // implementation of Future. At this point no executor has been provided
//! // to this future, so it will not be running.
//! let fut_values = async {
//! // Create another async block, again where the Future implementation
//! // is generated by async. Since this is inside of a parent async block,
//! // it will be provided with the executor of the parent block when the parent
//! // block is executed.
//! //
//! // This executor chaining is done by Future::poll whose second argument
//! // is a std::task::Context. This represents our executor, and the Future
//! // implemented by this async block can be polled using the parent async
//! // block's executor.
//! let fut_tx_result = async move {
//! (0..100).for_each(|v| {
//! tx.unbounded_send(v).expect("Failed to send");
//! })
//! };
//!
//! // Use the provided thread pool to spawn the generated future
//! // responsible for transmission
//! pool.spawn_ok(fut_tx_result);
//!
//! let fut_values = rx
//! .map(|v| v * 2)
//! .collect();
//!
//! // Use the executor provided to this async block to wait for the
//! // future to complete.
//! fut_values.await
//! };
//!
//! // Actually execute the above future, which will invoke Future::poll and
//! // subsequently chain appropriate Future::poll and methods needing executors
//! // to drive all futures. Eventually fut_values will be driven to completion.
//! let values: Vec<i32> = executor::block_on(fut_values);
//!
//! println!("Values={:?}", values);
//! # }
//! # std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500)); // wait for background threads closed: https://github.com/rust-lang/miri/issues/1371
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! The majority of examples and code snippets in this crate assume that they are
//! inside an async block as written above.
#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
#![warn(
missing_debug_implementations,
missing_docs,
rust_2018_idioms,
single_use_lifetimes,
unreachable_pub
)]
#![doc(test(
no_crate_inject,
attr(
deny(warnings, rust_2018_idioms, single_use_lifetimes),
allow(dead_code, unused_assignments, unused_variables)
)
))]
#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
#[cfg(all(feature = "bilock", not(feature = "unstable")))]
compile_error!("The `bilock` feature requires the `unstable` feature as an explicit opt-in to unstable features");
#[doc(no_inline)]
pub use futures_core::future::{Future, TryFuture};
#[doc(no_inline)]
pub use futures_util::future::{FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
#[doc(no_inline)]
pub use futures_core::stream::{Stream, TryStream};
#[doc(no_inline)]
pub use futures_util::stream::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
#[doc(no_inline)]
pub use futures_sink::Sink;
#[doc(no_inline)]
pub use futures_util::sink::SinkExt;
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
#[doc(no_inline)]
pub use futures_io::{AsyncBufRead, AsyncRead, AsyncSeek, AsyncWrite};
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
#[doc(no_inline)]
pub use futures_util::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncReadExt, AsyncSeekExt, AsyncWriteExt};
// Macro reexports
pub use futures_core::ready; // Readiness propagation
pub use futures_util::pin_mut;
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
#[cfg(feature = "async-await")]
pub use futures_util::select;
#[cfg(feature = "async-await")]
pub use futures_util::{join, pending, poll, select_biased, try_join}; // Async-await
// Module reexports
#[doc(inline)]
pub use futures_util::{future, never, sink, stream, task};
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
#[cfg(feature = "async-await")]
pub use futures_util::stream_select;
#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
#[doc(inline)]
pub use futures_channel as channel;
#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
#[doc(inline)]
pub use futures_util::lock;
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
#[doc(inline)]
pub use futures_util::io;
#[cfg(feature = "executor")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "executor")))]
pub mod executor {
//! Built-in executors and related tools.
//!
//! All asynchronous computation occurs within an executor, which is
//! capable of spawning futures as tasks. This module provides several
//! built-in executors, as well as tools for building your own.
//!
//!
//! This module is only available when the `executor` feature of this
//! library is activated.
//!
//! # Using a thread pool (M:N task scheduling)
//!
//! Most of the time tasks should be executed on a [thread pool](ThreadPool).
//! A small set of worker threads can handle a very large set of spawned tasks
//! (which are much lighter weight than threads). Tasks spawned onto the pool
//! with the [`spawn_ok`](ThreadPool::spawn_ok) function will run ambiently on
//! the created threads.
//!
//! # Spawning additional tasks
//!
//! Tasks can be spawned onto a spawner by calling its [`spawn_obj`] method
//! directly. In the case of `!Send` futures, [`spawn_local_obj`] can be used
//! instead.
//!
//! # Single-threaded execution
//!
//! In addition to thread pools, it's possible to run a task (and the tasks
//! it spawns) entirely within a single thread via the [`LocalPool`] executor.
//! Aside from cutting down on synchronization costs, this executor also makes
//! it possible to spawn non-`Send` tasks, via [`spawn_local_obj`]. The
//! [`LocalPool`] is best suited for running I/O-bound tasks that do relatively
//! little work between I/O operations.
//!
//! There is also a convenience function [`block_on`] for simply running a
//! future to completion on the current thread.
//!
//! [`spawn_local_obj`]: https://docs.rs/futures/0.3/futures/task/trait.LocalSpawn.html#tymethod.spawn_local_obj
pub use futures_executor::{
block_on, block_on_stream, enter, BlockingStream, Enter, EnterError, LocalPool,
LocalSpawner,
};
#[cfg(feature = "thread-pool")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "thread-pool")))]
pub use futures_executor::{ThreadPool, ThreadPoolBuilder};
}
#[cfg(feature = "compat")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "compat")))]
pub mod compat {
//! Interop between `futures` 0.1 and 0.3.
//!
//! This module is only available when the `compat` feature of this
//! library is activated.
pub use futures_util::compat::{
Compat, Compat01As03, Compat01As03Sink, CompatSink, Executor01As03, Executor01CompatExt,
Executor01Future, Future01CompatExt, Sink01CompatExt, Stream01CompatExt,
};
#[cfg(feature = "io-compat")]
#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "io-compat")))]
pub use futures_util::compat::{AsyncRead01CompatExt, AsyncWrite01CompatExt};
}
pub mod prelude {
//! A "prelude" for crates using the `futures` crate.
//!
//! This prelude is similar to the standard library's prelude in that you'll
//! almost always want to import its entire contents, but unlike the
//! standard library's prelude you'll have to do so manually:
//!
//! ```
//! # #[allow(unused_imports)]
//! use futures::prelude::*;
//! ```
//!
//! The prelude may grow over time as additional items see ubiquitous use.
pub use crate::future::{self, Future, TryFuture};
pub use crate::sink::{self, Sink};
pub use crate::stream::{self, Stream, TryStream};
#[doc(no_inline)]
#[allow(unreachable_pub)]
pub use crate::future::{FutureExt as _, TryFutureExt as _};
#[doc(no_inline)]
pub use crate::sink::SinkExt as _;
#[doc(no_inline)]
#[allow(unreachable_pub)]
pub use crate::stream::{StreamExt as _, TryStreamExt as _};
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
pub use crate::io::{AsyncBufRead, AsyncRead, AsyncSeek, AsyncWrite};
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
#[doc(no_inline)]
#[allow(unreachable_pub)]
pub use crate::io::{
AsyncBufReadExt as _, AsyncReadExt as _, AsyncSeekExt as _, AsyncWriteExt as _,
};
}