safina-executor

This is a safe Rust async executor.

It is part of safina, a safe async runtime.

Features

• forbid(unsafe_code)
• Depends only on std
• Good test coverage (100%)

Limitations

• Requires Rust nightly, for Wake trait
• Allocates memory
• Not optimized

Documentation

https://docs.rs/safina-executor

Examples

let executor = safina_executor::Executor::default();
let (sender, receiver) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
executor.spawn(async move {
    sender.send(()).unwrap();
});
receiver.recv().unwrap();

let result = safina_executor::block_on(async {
    prepare_request().await?;
    execute_request().await
})?;

Alternatives

• async-executor
  • Popular
  • Dependencies have some unsafe code
• futures-executor
  • Very popular
  • Full of unsafe
• tokio-executor
  • Very popular
  • Fast
  • Internally complicated
  • Full of unsafe
• executors
  • Dependencies have lots of unsafe code
• bastion-executor
  • Lots of unsafe code
• rayon_core
  • Generous amounts of unsafe code
• pollster
  • Minimal
  • Has a little unsafe code
• lelet
  • Automatically scales worker thread pool
  • Lots of unsafe code
• fibers
  • Dependencies are full of unsafe
• nostd_async
  • Has some unsafe code
• embedded-executor
  • Generous amounts of unsafe code
• spin_on
  • Minimal
• pasts
• switchyard
  • Lots of unsafe code
• sealrs
• rusty_pool
  • Automatically adjusts thread pool
  • Dependencies are full of unsafe

Changelog

• v0.1.3
  • Removed global executor. Users must explicitly create executor.
  • Removed dependency on unstable OnceCell.
  • Uses safina_threadpool internally.
• v0.1.2 - Let callers pass futures to spawn and block_on without using Box::pin. Add spawn_unpin and block_on_unpin for folks who need to avoid allocating. so callers don't have to.
• v0.1.1 - Fix badge and update readme
• v0.1.0 - Renamed from safina

TO DO

• DONE - Implement spawn
• DONE - Implement block_on
• DONE - Implement increase_threads_to
• DONE - Drop finished futures
• DONE - Handle task panic
• DONE - Add stop_threads, allow_threads, and increase_threads_to.
• DONE - Add tests
• DONE - Add docs
• DONE - Publish on crates.io
• DONE - Add an #[async_test] macro
• Add a stress test
• Add a benchmark. See benchmarks in https://crates.io/crates/executors
• Make a version of the crate that uses unsafe once_cell and unsafe RawWaker and builds with Rust stable.
• Add an #[async_main] macro

Release Process

1. Edit Cargo.toml and bump version number.
2. Run ./release.sh

License: Apache-2.0