#![stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")] use crate::marker::Unpin; use crate::ops; use crate::pin::Pin; use crate::task::{Context, Poll}; /// A future represents an asynchronous computation obtained by use of [`async`]. /// /// A future is a value that might not have finished computing yet. This kind of /// "asynchronous value" makes it possible for a thread to continue doing useful /// work while it waits for the value to become available. /// /// # The `poll` method /// /// The core method of future, `poll`, *attempts* to resolve the future into a /// final value. This method does not block if the value is not ready. Instead, /// the current task is scheduled to be woken up when it's possible to make /// further progress by `poll`ing again. The `context` passed to the `poll` /// method can provide a [`Waker`], which is a handle for waking up the current /// task. /// /// When using a future, you generally won't call `poll` directly, but instead /// `.await` the value. /// /// [`async`]: ../../std/keyword.async.html /// [`Waker`]: crate::task::Waker #[doc(notable_trait)] #[must_use = "futures do nothing unless you `.await` or poll them"] #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")] #[lang = "future_trait"] #[rustc_on_unimplemented( label = "`{Self}` is not a future", message = "`{Self}` is not a future", note = "{Self} must be a future or must implement `IntoFuture` to be awaited" )] pub trait Future { /// The type of value produced on completion. #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")] #[rustc_diagnostic_item = "FutureOutput"] type Output; /// Attempt to resolve the future to a final value, registering /// the current task for wakeup if the value is not yet available. /// /// # Return value /// /// This function returns: /// /// - [`Poll::Pending`] if the future is not ready yet /// - [`Poll::Ready(val)`] with the result `val` of this future if it /// finished successfully. /// /// Once a future has finished, clients should not `poll` it again. /// /// When a future is not ready yet, `poll` returns `Poll::Pending` and /// stores a clone of the [`Waker`] copied from the current [`Context`]. /// This [`Waker`] is then woken once the future can make progress. /// For example, a future waiting for a socket to become /// readable would call `.clone()` on the [`Waker`] and store it. /// When a signal arrives elsewhere indicating that the socket is readable, /// [`Waker::wake`] is called and the socket future's task is awoken. /// Once a task has been woken up, it should attempt to `poll` the future /// again, which may or may not produce a final value. /// /// Note that on multiple calls to `poll`, only the [`Waker`] from the /// [`Context`] passed to the most recent call should be scheduled to /// receive a wakeup. /// /// # Runtime characteristics /// /// Futures alone are *inert*; they must be *actively* `poll`ed to make /// progress, meaning that each time the current task is woken up, it should /// actively re-`poll` pending futures that it still has an interest in. /// /// The `poll` function is not called repeatedly in a tight loop -- instead, /// it should only be called when the future indicates that it is ready to /// make progress (by calling `wake()`). If you're familiar with the /// `poll(2)` or `select(2)` syscalls on Unix it's worth noting that futures /// typically do *not* suffer the same problems of "all wakeups must poll /// all events"; they are more like `epoll(4)`. /// /// An implementation of `poll` should strive to return quickly, and should /// not block. Returning quickly prevents unnecessarily clogging up /// threads or event loops. If it is known ahead of time that a call to /// `poll` may end up taking awhile, the work should be offloaded to a /// thread pool (or something similar) to ensure that `poll` can return /// quickly. /// /// # Panics /// /// Once a future has completed (returned `Ready` from `poll`), calling its /// `poll` method again may panic, block forever, or cause other kinds of /// problems; the `Future` trait places no requirements on the effects of /// such a call. However, as the `poll` method is not marked `unsafe`, /// Rust's usual rules apply: calls must never cause undefined behavior /// (memory corruption, incorrect use of `unsafe` functions, or the like), /// regardless of the future's state. /// /// [`Poll::Ready(val)`]: Poll::Ready /// [`Waker`]: crate::task::Waker /// [`Waker::wake`]: crate::task::Waker::wake #[lang = "poll"] #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")] fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll; } #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")] impl Future for &mut F { type Output = F::Output; fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll { F::poll(Pin::new(&mut **self), cx) } } #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")] impl

Future for Pin

where P: ops::DerefMut, { type Output = <

::Target as Future>::Output; fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll { ::poll(self.as_deref_mut(), cx) } }