//! Tasks used to drive a future computation //! //! It's intended over time a particular operation (such as servicing an HTTP //! request) will involve many futures. This entire operation, however, can be //! thought of as one unit, as the entire result is essentially just moving //! through one large state machine. //! //! A "task" is the unit of abstraction for what is driving this state machine //! and tree of futures forward. A task is used to poll futures and schedule //! futures with, and has utilities for sharing data between tasks and handles //! for notifying when a future is ready. Each task also has its own set of //! task-local data generated by `task_local!`. //! //! Note that libraries typically should not manage tasks themselves, but rather //! leave that to event loops and other "executors" (see the `executor` module), //! or by using the `wait` method to create and execute a task directly on the //! current thread. //! //! More information about the task model can be found [online at tokio.rs]. //! //! [online at tokio.rs]: https://tokio.rs/docs/going-deeper-futures/futures-model/ //! //! ## Functions //! //! There is an important bare function in this module: `current`. The //! `current` function returns a handle to the currently running task, panicking //! if one isn't present. This handle is then used to later notify the task that //! it's ready to make progress through the `Task::notify` method. #[doc(hidden)] #[deprecated(since = "0.1.4", note = "import through the executor module instead")] #[cfg(all(feature = "with-deprecated", feature = "use_std"))] #[allow(deprecated)] pub use task_impl::{Spawn, spawn, Unpark, Executor, Run, park}; pub use task_impl::{Task, AtomicTask, current, init, is_in_task}; #[allow(deprecated)] #[cfg(feature = "use_std")] pub use task_impl::{LocalKey, with_unpark_event, UnparkEvent, EventSet}; #[doc(hidden)] #[deprecated(since = "0.1.4", note = "import through the executor module instead")] #[cfg(all(feature = "with-deprecated", feature = "use_std"))] #[allow(deprecated)] pub use task_impl::TaskRc;