//! Composable asynchronous iteration. //! //! If you've found yourself with an asynchronous collection of some kind, //! and needed to perform an operation on the elements of said collection, //! you'll quickly run into 'async iterators'. Async Iterators are heavily used in //! idiomatic asynchronous Rust code, so it's worth becoming familiar with them. //! //! Before explaining more, let's talk about how this module is structured: //! //! # Organization //! //! This module is largely organized by type: //! //! * [Traits] are the core portion: these traits define what kind of async iterators //! exist and what you can do with them. The methods of these traits are worth //! putting some extra study time into. //! * Functions provide some helpful ways to create some basic async iterators. //! * Structs are often the return types of the various methods on this //! module's traits. You'll usually want to look at the method that creates //! the `struct`, rather than the `struct` itself. For more detail about why, //! see '[Implementing Async Iterator](#implementing-async-iterator)'. //! //! [Traits]: #traits //! //! That's it! Let's dig into async iterators. //! //! # Async Iterators //! //! The heart and soul of this module is the [`AsyncIterator`] trait. The core of //! [`AsyncIterator`] looks like this: //! //! ``` //! # use core::task::{Context, Poll}; //! # use core::pin::Pin; //! trait AsyncIterator { //! type Item; //! fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll>; //! } //! ``` //! //! Unlike `Iterator`, `AsyncIterator` makes a distinction between the [`poll_next`] //! method which is used when implementing an `AsyncIterator`, and a (to-be-implemented) //! `next` method which is used when consuming an async iterator. Consumers of `AsyncIterator` //! only need to consider `next`, which when called, returns a future which //! yields `Option`. //! //! The future returned by `next` will yield `Some(Item)` as long as there are //! elements, and once they've all been exhausted, will yield `None` to indicate //! that iteration is finished. If we're waiting on something asynchronous to //! resolve, the future will wait until the async iterator is ready to yield again. //! //! Individual async iterators may choose to resume iteration, and so calling `next` //! again may or may not eventually yield `Some(Item)` again at some point. //! //! [`AsyncIterator`]'s full definition includes a number of other methods as well, //! but they are default methods, built on top of [`poll_next`], and so you get //! them for free. //! //! [`Poll`]: super::task::Poll //! [`poll_next`]: AsyncIterator::poll_next //! //! # Implementing Async Iterator //! //! Creating an async iterator of your own involves two steps: creating a `struct` to //! hold the async iterator's state, and then implementing [`AsyncIterator`] for that //! `struct`. //! //! Let's make an async iterator named `Counter` which counts from `1` to `5`: //! //! ```no_run //! #![feature(async_iterator)] //! # use core::async_iter::AsyncIterator; //! # use core::task::{Context, Poll}; //! # use core::pin::Pin; //! //! // First, the struct: //! //! /// An async iterator which counts from one to five //! struct Counter { //! count: usize, //! } //! //! // we want our count to start at one, so let's add a new() method to help. //! // This isn't strictly necessary, but is convenient. Note that we start //! // `count` at zero, we'll see why in `poll_next()`'s implementation below. //! impl Counter { //! fn new() -> Counter { //! Counter { count: 0 } //! } //! } //! //! // Then, we implement `AsyncIterator` for our `Counter`: //! //! impl AsyncIterator for Counter { //! // we will be counting with usize //! type Item = usize; //! //! // poll_next() is the only required method //! fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll> { //! // Increment our count. This is why we started at zero. //! self.count += 1; //! //! // Check to see if we've finished counting or not. //! if self.count < 6 { //! Poll::Ready(Some(self.count)) //! } else { //! Poll::Ready(None) //! } //! } //! } //! ``` //! //! # Laziness //! //! Async iterators are *lazy*. This means that just creating an async iterator doesn't //! _do_ a whole lot. Nothing really happens until you call `poll_next`. This is //! sometimes a source of confusion when creating an async iterator solely for its side //! effects. The compiler will warn us about this kind of behavior: //! //! ```text //! warning: unused result that must be used: async iterators do nothing unless polled //! ``` mod async_iter; mod from_iter; pub use async_iter::AsyncIterator; pub use from_iter::{from_iter, FromIter};