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/*!
This module implements a generator which is allocation-free.

You can create a generator with the [`unsafe_create_generator!`] macro. This is safe as
long as you don't do anything unusual with the `Co` object. (See below for the fint
print.) If unsafety is not tolerable, use [`rc::Gen`] instead.

Pass the macro a callable expression which accepts a `Co` object. Values can be yielded
from the generator by calling [`Co::yield_`][`stack::Co::yield_`], and immediately
awaiting the future it returns:

```rust
# use genawaiter::stack::Co;
#
# async fn f(co: Co<'_, &str>) {
co.yield_("value").await;
# }
```

You can get values out of the generator in either of two ways:

- Treat it as an iterator. In this case, the future's output must be `()`.
- Call `resume()` until it completes. In this case, the future's output can be anything,
  and it will be returned in the final `GeneratorState::Complete`.

If you do not follow the `yield_().await` pattern above, behavior is memory-safe but
otherwise left unspecified. Specifically, follow these guidelines to remain on the
happy path:

- Whenever calling `yield_()`, always immediately await its result.
- Do not `await` any futures other than ones returned by `Co::yield_`.

# Safety

Do not let the `Co` object escape the scope of the generator. Once the starting future
returns `Poll::Ready`, the `Co` object should already have been dropped. If this
invariant is not upheld, memory unsafety will result.

Afaik, Rust's type system [does not let you express][hrtb-thread] the necessary lifetime
bounds to guarantee safety, but I would love to be proven wrong!

[hrtb-thread]: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/hrtb-on-multiple-generics/34255

# Examples

(See the crate-level docs for the definition of `odd_numbers_less_than_ten`.)

## Using `Iterator`

Generators implement `Iterator`, so you can use them in a for loop:

```rust
# use genawaiter::{stack::{Co, Gen}, unsafe_create_generator, GeneratorState};
#
# async fn odd_numbers_less_than_ten(co: Co<'_, i32>) {
#     for n in (1..).step_by(2).take_while(|&n| n < 10) { co.yield_(n).await; }
# }
#
unsafe_create_generator!(gen, odd_numbers_less_than_ten);
for n in gen {
    println!("{}", n);
}
```

## Collecting into a `Vec`

```rust
# use genawaiter::{stack::{Co, Gen}, unsafe_create_generator, GeneratorState};
#
# async fn odd_numbers_less_than_ten(co: Co<'_, i32>) {
#     for n in (1..).step_by(2).take_while(|&n| n < 10) { co.yield_(n).await; }
# }
#
unsafe_create_generator!(gen, odd_numbers_less_than_ten);
let xs: Vec<_> = gen.into_iter().collect();
assert_eq!(xs, [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]);
```

## Using `resume()`

```rust
# use genawaiter::{stack::{Co, Gen}, unsafe_create_generator, GeneratorState};
#
# async fn odd_numbers_less_than_ten(co: Co<'_, i32>) {
#     for n in (1..).step_by(2).take_while(|&n| n < 10) { co.yield_(n).await; }
# }
#
unsafe_create_generator!(gen, odd_numbers_less_than_ten);
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(1));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(3));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(5));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(7));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(9));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Complete(()));
```

## Using an async closure (nightly only)

```compile_fail
# use genawaiter::{stack::{Co, Gen}, unsafe_create_generator, GeneratorState};
#
unsafe_create_generator!(gen, async move |co| {
    co.yield_(10).await;
    co.yield_(20).await;
});
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(10));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(20));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Complete(()));
```

## Passing arguments

This is just ordinary Rust, nothing special.

```rust
# use genawaiter::{stack::{Co, Gen}, unsafe_create_generator, GeneratorState};
#
async fn multiples_of(num: i32, co: Co<'_, i32>) {
    let mut cur = num;
    loop {
        co.yield_(cur).await;
        cur += num;
    }
}

unsafe_create_generator!(gen, |co| multiples_of(10, co));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(10));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(20));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(30));
```

## Returning a final value

You can return a final value with a different type than the values that are yielded.

```rust
# use genawaiter::{stack::{Co, Gen}, unsafe_create_generator, GeneratorState};
#
async fn numbers_then_string(co: Co<'_, i32>) -> &'static str {
    co.yield_(10).await;
    co.yield_(20).await;
    "done!"
}

unsafe_create_generator!(gen, numbers_then_string);
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(10));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(20));
assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Complete("done!"));
```
*/

pub use engine::Co;
pub use generator::Gen;

#[macro_use]
mod macros;

mod engine;
mod generator;
mod iterator;

#[cfg(feature = "nightly")]
#[cfg(test)]
mod nightly_tests;

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use crate::{stack::Co, GeneratorState};

    async fn simple_producer(c: Co<'_, i32>) -> &'static str {
        c.yield_(10).await;
        "done"
    }

    #[test]
    fn function() {
        unsafe_create_generator!(gen, simple_producer);
        assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(10));
        assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Complete("done"));
    }

    #[test]
    fn simple_closure() {
        async fn gen(i: i32, co: Co<'_, i32>) -> &'static str {
            co.yield_(i * 2).await;
            "done"
        }

        unsafe_create_generator!(gen, |co| gen(5, co));
        assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Yielded(10));
        assert_eq!(gen.as_mut().resume(), GeneratorState::Complete("done"));
    }

    /// This test proves that `unsafe_create_generator` is actually unsafe.
    #[test]
    #[ignore = "compile-only test"]
    fn unsafety() {
        async fn shenanigans(co: Co<'_, i32>) -> Co<'_, i32> {
            co
        }

        fn co_escape() -> Co<'static, i32> {
            unsafe_create_generator!(gen, shenanigans);

            // Returning `co` from this function violates memory safety.
            match gen.as_mut().resume() {
                GeneratorState::Yielded(_) => panic!(),
                GeneratorState::Complete(co) => co,
            }
        }

        let co = co_escape();
        // `co` points to data which was on the stack of `co_escape()` and has been
        // dropped.
        let _ = co.yield_(10);
    }
}