> Also, sequential workflows require more code to be written. In Rust, async functions compile down to state machines, with each .await point representing a transition to a different state. This makes it easy for developers to write sequential code together with non-blocking IO. Without async, we need to write our own state machines for expressing the various steps.
Has anyone tried to combine async and sans-io? At least morally, I ought to be able to write an async function that awaits sans-io-aware helpers, and the whole thing should be able to be compiled down to a state machine inside a struct with a nice sans-io interface that is easily callable by non-async code.
I’ve never tried this, but the main issues I would forsee would be getting decent ergonomics and dealing with Pin.
Has anyone tried to combine async and sans-io? At least morally, I ought to be able to write an async function that awaits sans-io-aware helpers, and the whole thing should be able to be compiled down to a state machine inside a struct with a nice sans-io interface that is easily callable by non-async code.
I’ve never tried this, but the main issues I would forsee would be getting decent ergonomics and dealing with Pin.