[−][src]Crate killable_thread
A stoppable, thin wrapper around std::Thread.
Uses std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool
and std::thread
to create stoppable
threads.
The interface is very similar to that of std::thread::Thread
(or rather
std::thread::JoinHandle
) except that every closure passed in must accept
a stopped
parameter, allowing to check whether or not a stop was
requested.
Since all stops must happen gracefully, i.e. by requesting the child thread to stop, partial values can be returned if needed.
Example:
use killable_thread; let handle = killable_thread::spawn(|stopped| { let mut count: u64 = 0; while !stopped.get() { count += 1 } count }); // work in main thread // stop the thread. we also want to collect partial results let child_count = handle.stop().join().unwrap();
Structs
Joining | Guard and join stoppable thread |
SimpleAtomicBool | A simplified std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool |
StoppableHandle | A handle for a stoppable thread |
Stopping | Guard a stoppable thread |
Functions
spawn | Spawn a stoppable thread |
spawn_with_builder |