Function spawn_local 

pub fn spawn_local<T>(
    future: impl Future<Output = T> + 'static,
) -> JoinHandle<T> 

Spawns a new future on the current thread.

This function may be used to spawn tasks when the message loop is not running. The provided future will start running once the message loop is entered with block_on or MessageLoop::run.

Examples found in repository

examples/basic.rs (lines 22-27)

fn main() {
    println!("hello");
    block_on(async {
        let task = spawn_local(async {
            println!("async hello 1");
            poll_n_times(3).await;
            println!("async bye 1");
            "async 1 result"
        });

        println!("async hello 2");
        poll_n_times(2).await;
        println!("async bye 2");

        println!("{}", task.await);
    });
    println!("bye");
}