//! A simple single-threaded executor. use std::future::Future; use std::panic::catch_unwind; use std::thread; use async_task::{Runnable, Task}; use once_cell::sync::Lazy; use smol::future; /// Spawns a future on the executor. fn spawn(future: F) -> Task where F: Future + Send + 'static, T: Send + 'static, { // A queue that holds scheduled tasks. static QUEUE: Lazy> = Lazy::new(|| { let (sender, receiver) = flume::unbounded::(); // Start the executor thread. thread::spawn(|| { for runnable in receiver { // Ignore panics inside futures. let _ignore_panic = catch_unwind(|| runnable.run()); } }); sender }); // Create a task that is scheduled by pushing it into the queue. let schedule = |runnable| QUEUE.send(runnable).unwrap(); let (runnable, task) = async_task::spawn(future, schedule); // Schedule the task by pushing it into the queue. runnable.schedule(); task } fn main() { // Spawn a future and await its result. let task = spawn(async { println!("Hello, world!"); }); future::block_on(task); }