absurd-future 0.2.0

A future adapter that turns a future that never resolves (returns Infallible) into a future that can resolve to any type.
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# absurd-future

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A future adapter that turns a future that never resolves (i.e., returns `Infallible`) into a future that can resolve to any type.

This is useful in scenarios where you have a task that runs forever (like a background service) but need to integrate it into an API that expects a specific return type, such as `tokio::task::JoinSet`.

For a detailed explanation of the motivation behind this crate and the concept of uninhabited types in Rust async code, see the blog post: [How to use Rust's never type (!) to write cleaner async code](https://academy.fpblock.com/blog/rust-never-type-async-code).

## Usage

For a complete, runnable example of how to use this crate with `tokio::task::JoinSet`, please see the example file: [`examples/tokio.rs`](./examples/tokio.rs).

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT license.