Function spawn

pub fn spawn<F, S>(future: F, schedule: S) -> (Runnable, Task<F::Output>)
where
    F: Future + Send + 'static,
    F::Output: Send + 'static,
    S: Schedule + Send + Sync + 'static,

Creates a new task.

The returned Runnable is used to poll the future, and the Task is used to await its output.

Method run() polls the task’s future once. Then, the Runnable vanishes and only reappears when its Waker wakes the task, thus scheduling it to be run again.

When the task is woken, its Runnable is passed to the schedule function. The schedule function should not attempt to run the Runnable nor to drop it. Instead, it should push it into a task queue so that it can be processed later.

If you need to spawn a future that does not implement Send or isn’t 'static, consider using spawn_local() or spawn_unchecked() instead.

Examples

// The future inside the task.
let future = async {
    println!("Hello, world!");
};

// A function that schedules the task when it gets woken up.
let (s, r) = flume::unbounded();
let schedule = move |runnable| s.send(runnable).unwrap();

// Create a task with the future and the schedule function.
let (runnable, task) = async_task::spawn(future, schedule);