use futures::executor::block_on; use futures::future::{self, FutureExt, BoxFuture}; use std::sync::mpsc; use std::thread; #[test] fn lots() { fn do_it(input: (i32, i32)) -> BoxFuture<'static, i32> { let (n, x) = input; if n == 0 { future::ready(x).boxed() } else { future::ready((n - 1, x + n)).then(do_it).boxed() } } let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(); thread::spawn(|| { block_on(do_it((1_000, 0)).map(move |x| tx.send(x).unwrap())) }); assert_eq!(500_500, rx.recv().unwrap()); }