1 #![stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")]
3 use crate::marker::Unpin;
6 use crate::task::{Context, Poll};
8 /// A future represents an asynchronous computation.
10 /// A future is a value that might not have finished computing yet. This kind of
11 /// "asynchronous value" makes it possible for a thread to continue doing useful
12 /// work while it waits for the value to become available.
14 /// # The `poll` method
16 /// The core method of future, `poll`, *attempts* to resolve the future into a
17 /// final value. This method does not block if the value is not ready. Instead,
18 /// the current task is scheduled to be woken up when it's possible to make
19 /// further progress by `poll`ing again. The `context` passed to the `poll`
20 /// method can provide a [`Waker`], which is a handle for waking up the current
23 /// When using a future, you generally won't call `poll` directly, but instead
24 /// `.await` the value.
26 /// [`Waker`]: crate::task::Waker
28 #[must_use = "futures do nothing unless you `.await` or poll them"]
29 #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")]
30 #[lang = "future_trait"]
31 #[rustc_on_unimplemented(
32 label = "`{Self}` is not a future",
33 message = "`{Self}` is not a future",
34 note = "{Self} must be a future or must implement `IntoFuture` to be awaited"
37 /// The type of value produced on completion.
38 #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")]
41 /// Attempt to resolve the future to a final value, registering
42 /// the current task for wakeup if the value is not yet available.
46 /// This function returns:
48 /// - [`Poll::Pending`] if the future is not ready yet
49 /// - [`Poll::Ready(val)`] with the result `val` of this future if it
50 /// finished successfully.
52 /// Once a future has finished, clients should not `poll` it again.
54 /// When a future is not ready yet, `poll` returns `Poll::Pending` and
55 /// stores a clone of the [`Waker`] copied from the current [`Context`].
56 /// This [`Waker`] is then woken once the future can make progress.
57 /// For example, a future waiting for a socket to become
58 /// readable would call `.clone()` on the [`Waker`] and store it.
59 /// When a signal arrives elsewhere indicating that the socket is readable,
60 /// [`Waker::wake`] is called and the socket future's task is awoken.
61 /// Once a task has been woken up, it should attempt to `poll` the future
62 /// again, which may or may not produce a final value.
64 /// Note that on multiple calls to `poll`, only the [`Waker`] from the
65 /// [`Context`] passed to the most recent call should be scheduled to
68 /// # Runtime characteristics
70 /// Futures alone are *inert*; they must be *actively* `poll`ed to make
71 /// progress, meaning that each time the current task is woken up, it should
72 /// actively re-`poll` pending futures that it still has an interest in.
74 /// The `poll` function is not called repeatedly in a tight loop -- instead,
75 /// it should only be called when the future indicates that it is ready to
76 /// make progress (by calling `wake()`). If you're familiar with the
77 /// `poll(2)` or `select(2)` syscalls on Unix it's worth noting that futures
78 /// typically do *not* suffer the same problems of "all wakeups must poll
79 /// all events"; they are more like `epoll(4)`.
81 /// An implementation of `poll` should strive to return quickly, and should
82 /// not block. Returning quickly prevents unnecessarily clogging up
83 /// threads or event loops. If it is known ahead of time that a call to
84 /// `poll` may end up taking awhile, the work should be offloaded to a
85 /// thread pool (or something similar) to ensure that `poll` can return
90 /// Once a future has completed (returned `Ready` from `poll`), calling its
91 /// `poll` method again may panic, block forever, or cause other kinds of
92 /// problems; the `Future` trait places no requirements on the effects of
93 /// such a call. However, as the `poll` method is not marked `unsafe`,
94 /// Rust's usual rules apply: calls must never cause undefined behavior
95 /// (memory corruption, incorrect use of `unsafe` functions, or the like),
96 /// regardless of the future's state.
98 /// [`Poll::Ready(val)`]: Poll::Ready
99 /// [`Waker`]: crate::task::Waker
100 /// [`Waker::wake`]: crate::task::Waker::wake
102 #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")]
103 fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output>;
106 #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")]
107 impl<F: ?Sized + Future + Unpin> Future for &mut F {
108 type Output = F::Output;
110 fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
111 F::poll(Pin::new(&mut **self), cx)
115 #[stable(feature = "futures_api", since = "1.36.0")]
116 impl<P> Future for Pin<P>
118 P: ops::DerefMut<Target: Future>,
120 type Output = <<P as ops::Deref>::Target as Future>::Output;
122 fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
123 <P::Target as Future>::poll(self.as_deref_mut(), cx)