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Easy asynchrony for C++
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Easy asynchrony for C++

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/s4y/team
• Owner: s4y
• Created: 2013-04-11T15:22:50.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-05-02T18:54:34.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-14T09:09:56.879Z (7 months ago)
• Language: C++
• Homepage: http://team.s4y.us/
• Size: 468 KB
• Stars: 93
• Watchers: 11
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 5
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Team

Event loop ([libuv](https://github.com/joyent/libuv))-driven coroutines for C++ that are easy to use with minimal syntax. Here's an example:

```c++

#include 

#include 

using namespace std;

using team::sleep;

template 

void log (T s) { cout << s << endl; }

int main() {

    await {

        async { sleep(2); log("Slow thing done"); };

        log("Started a slow thing");

        async { sleep(1); log("Quick thing done"); };

        log("Started a quick thing");

    }

    log("Everything's done!");

}

```

It prints this:

```

Started a slow thing

Started a quick thing

Quick thing done

Slow thing done

Everything's done!

```

Calls block. `async { };` runs its body in a coroutine and returns control to the caller if it blocks, or when it finishes.

`await` blocks until every asynchronous task spawned inside it finishes.

Status: Relatively new. Gradually becoming useful though.

I want it to work like Tame but without code transformation (except for the C++ preprocessor), and thus able to be used with libraries written in a blocking style.

## Examples

You should check out these examples first:

1. [`hello_world`](https://github.com/Sidnicious/team/blob/master/examples/hello_world.cpp) — How to run stuff asynchronously.

2. [`timers`](https://github.com/Sidnicious/team/blob/master/examples/timers.cpp) — Pretty similar. Includes a fire-and-forget example.

3. [`channels`](https://github.com/Sidnicious/team/blob/master/examples/channels.cpp) — Hacked-together [Clojure/Go-style channels](http://blog.drewolson.org/blog/2013/07/04/clojure-core-dot-async-and-go-a-code-comparison/). Just proof that you can build other async constructs on top of team core. You can skip this.

4. [`generators`](https://github.com/Sidnicious/team/blob/master/examples/generators.cpp) — Python-style generators with `yield`. Also hacked together, you can skip this.

5. [`echo_server`](https://github.com/Sidnicious/team/blob/master/examples/echo_server.cpp) — Start it up and use one or more copies of `nc` to throw packets its way.

## Inspiration

- [Tame](https://github.com/okws/sfslite/wiki/tame)

- [gevent](http://www.gevent.org/)

## Notes to self

- http://www.rethinkdb.com/blog/improving-a-large-c-project-with-coroutines/

- http://www.rethinkdb.com/blog/making-coroutines-fast/