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Re:The Rust I wanted had no future by zozbot234 on Monday June 05, 2023 @07:09AM (#36194761)
Do you really need effect handlers as a separate feature once you have async/await? It seems like you could easily encode one with the other.
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Re:The Rust I wanted had no future by hayley-patton on Monday June 05, 2023 @09:48AM (#36196159)
An effect handler is allowed to invoke a continuation multiple times; I believe this is not possible with async/await.
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