Re:Understanding Rust futures by going way too deep
by majewsky on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @05:49AM
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> Futures was stabilized before the async syntax, so this used to be the only way you could do it.
While that's technically true (std::future was in 1.36 and async/await syntax was in 1.39), that's a very short timespan of only a few months. You are probably referring to the multiple years where futures only existed as addon libraries where their design was iterated on before the final design of std::future was settled on.
While that's technically true (std::future was in 1.36 and async/await syntax was in 1.39), that's a very short timespan of only a few months. You are probably referring to the multiple years where futures only existed as addon libraries where their design was iterated on before the final design of std::future was settled on.