Function async_global_executor::spawn_blocking

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pub fn spawn_blocking<F: FnOnce() -> T + Send + 'static, T: Send + 'static>(
    f: F
) -> Task<T>ⓘNotable traits for Task<T>impl<T> Future for Task<T>    type Output = T;

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Runs blocking code on a thread pool.

Examples

Read the contents of a file:

let contents = async_global_executor::spawn_blocking(|| std::fs::read_to_string("file.txt")).await?;

Spawn a process:

use std::process::Command;

let out = async_global_executor::spawn_blocking(|| Command::new("dir").output()).await?;