# ice-threads

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ice-threads is a lightweight Thread Pool (Melter) implementation.

User can enqueue Tasks (Ice) to be executed.

Optionally, user can return a value that can be collected through a special handle (Bottle)
that is returned by the thread pool task enqueuing method.

Tasks are put into the queue and eventually picked up by a task stealing thread (Heater) and
executed.

# Usage

Put this in your `Cargo.toml`:

```toml
[dependencies]
ice-threads = "0.1"
```

Start melting your tasks:

```rust
use ice_threads::Melter;

fn main() {
    let melter = Melter::new(1);
    
    let s = melter.melt(|| {
        "Watch this task melt away!"
    }).open();
    
    println!("{}", s);
}
```

# Features

* Very simple to use.
* Very light crate with no dependencies.

# Changelog

### v0.1.0

* Introduced `Melter` type (Thread Pool)
* Introduced `Bottle` type ("Future")