execution-context

Crates.ioexecution-context
lib.rsexecution-context
version0.1.0
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created_at2018-06-08 22:57:21.38354
updated_at2018-06-08 22:57:21.38354
descriptionAn experimental .NET inspired execution context
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repositoryhttps://github.com/mitsuhiko/rust-execution-context
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Armin Ronacher (mitsuhiko)

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Execution Context for Rust

This implements a .NET inspired execution context. The idea is that something like this could become a core language concept if it can be shown to be reasonably performant.

What are execution contexts?

An execution context is a container for a logical call flow. The idea is that any code that follows the same flow of execution can access flow-local data. An example where this is useful is security relevant data that code might want to carry from operation to operation without accidentally dropping it.

This gives you the most trivial example:

flow_local!(static TEST: u32 = 42);

assert_eq!(*TEST.get(), 42);
let ec = ExecutionContext::capture();
TEST.set(23);

assert_eq!(*TEST.get(), 23);
ec.run(|| {
    assert_eq!(*TEST.get(), 42);
});

Execution contexts can be forwarded to other threads and an API is provided to temporarily or permanently suppress the flow propagation.

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