async.Run as global context, async operations run immediately

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Li Jie
2024-09-10 11:43:44 +08:00
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## Design considerations in LLGo
- Don't introduce `async`/`await` keywords to compatible with Go compiler (just compiling)
- For performance and memory reasons don't implement async functions with goroutines
- Avoid implementing `Promise` by using `chan` to avoid blocking the thread, but it can be wrapped as a `chan` to make it compatible `select` statement
- Don't introduce `async`/`await` keywords to compatible with Go
- For performance and memory reasons don't implement async functions with goroutines, coroutines, or other mechanisms that require per-task stack allocation
- Avoid implementing async task by using `chan` that blocking the thread
## Design
### `async.Future[T]` type
Introduce `async.Future[T]` type to represent an asynchronous operation that will produce a value of type `T`, similar to `Promise`/`Future` in other languages.
Introduce `async.Future[T]` type to represent an eventual completion (or failure) of an asynchronous operation and its resulting value, similar to `Promise`/`Future` in other languages. Functions that return `async.Future[T]` are considered asynchronous functions.
### Future creation
`async.Future[T]` can create by `async.Async[T]` function that takes a function that accepts a `resolve` function to produce a value of type `T`.
`async.Future[T]` can be created by `async.Async[T]` function that takes a function that accepts a `resolve` function to produce a value of type `T`.
### Future chaining (asynchronous callbacks style)
`async.Future[T]` can be chained with `Then` method to add multiple callbacks to be executed when the operation is completed, it just runs once and calls every callbacks. `Then` method can't be chained multiple times because Go doesn't support generics method currently (Need support `func (f Future[T]) Then[U any](f func(T) Future[U]) Future[U]`).
`async.Future[T]` can be chained with `Then` method to add multiple callbacks to be executed when the operation is completed, it just runs once and calls every callbacks. Currently `Then` method can't be chained multiple times because Go doesn't support generics method (Need support `func (f Future[T]) Then[U any](f func(T) Future[U]) Future[U]`) and function overload currently, maybe implements in Go+.
### Future waiting (synchronous style)
`async.Await[T]` function can be used to wait for the completion of a `Future[T]` and return the value produced by the operation.
`async.Await[T]` function can be used to wait for the completion of a `Future[T]` and return the value produced by the operation. In LLGo, `async.Await[T]` is a blocking function that waits for the completion of the `Future[T]` and returns the value synchronously, it would be transformed to `Future.Then` callback in the frontend.
### `async.Run[T]` function
`async.Run[T]` function can be used to run the asynchronous operation and get the result of the operation. Currently it will switch the callbacks to the goroutine that calls `async.Run[T]` function, this maybe changed in the future to reduce the overhead of switching goroutines and make it more parallel.
`async.Run[T]` function can be used to create an global asynchronous context and run async functions, and it would be hidden by the compiler in the future.
### `async.Future[T]` prototype
Currently it will switch the callbacks to the goroutine that calls `async.Run[T]` function, this maybe changed in the future to reduce the overhead of switching goroutines and make it more parallel.
### Prototype
```go
package async
type Future[T any] func(func(T))
func (f Future[T]) Then(f func(T))
type Future[T any] interface {
Then(f func(T))
}
func Async[T any](f func(resolve func(T))) Future[T]
func Await[T any](future Future[T]) T
```
### Some async functions
```go
package async
func Race[T1 any](futures ...Future[T1]) Future[T1]
func All[T1 any](futures ...Future[T1]) Future[[]T1]
```
### Example
```go
package main
func main() {
hello := func() Future[string] {
return func(resolve func(string)) {
async.Run(func() {
hello := func() async.Future[string] {
return async.Async(func(resolve func(string)) {
resolve("Hello, World!")
}
})
}
future := hello()
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println("second callback:", value)
})
println("first await:", Await(future))
println("second await:", Await(future))
println("first await:", async.Await(future))
println("second await:", async.Await(future))
})
}
```