Change module level docs for future to refer to join and try_join functions instead of macros

poc-serde-support
Abhishek C. Sharma 5 years ago
parent b14282457c
commit f04b6f6fe9

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//! operations converts multiple future into a single future that returns the
//! first output.
//!
//! For operating on futures the following macros can be used:
//! For operating on futures the following functions can be used:
//!
//! | Name | Return signature | When does it return? |
//! | --- | --- | --- |
//! | [`future::join!`] | `(T1, T2)` | Wait for all to complete
//! | [`Future::join`] | `(T1, T2)` | Wait for all to complete
//! | [`Future::race`] | `T` | Return on first value
//!
//! ## Fallible Futures Concurrency
//!
//! For operating on futures that return `Result` additional `try_` variants of
//! the macros mentioned before can be used. These macros are aware of `Result`,
//! the functions mentioned before can be used. These functions are aware of `Result`,
//! and will behave slightly differently from their base variants.
//!
//! In the case of `try_join`, if any of the futures returns `Err` all
@ -30,19 +30,19 @@
//! means `try_race` will keep going until any one of the futures returns
//! `Ok`, or _all_ futures have returned `Err`.
//!
//! However sometimes it can be useful to use the base variants of the macros
//! However sometimes it can be useful to use the base variants of the functions
//! even on futures that return `Result`. Here is an overview of operations that
//! work on `Result`, and their respective semantics:
//!
//! | Name | Return signature | When does it return? |
//! | --- | --- | --- |
//! | [`future::join!`] | `(Result<T, E>, Result<T, E>)` | Wait for all to complete
//! | [`future::try_join!`] | `Result<(T1, T2), E>` | Return on first `Err`, wait for all to complete
//! | [`Future::join`] | `(Result<T, E>, Result<T, E>)` | Wait for all to complete
//! | [`Future::try_join`] | `Result<(T1, T2), E>` | Return on first `Err`, wait for all to complete
//! | [`Future::race`] | `Result<T, E>` | Return on first value
//! | [`Future::try_race`] | `Result<T, E>` | Return on first `Ok`, reject on last Err
//!
//! [`future::join!`]: macro.join.html
//! [`future::try_join!`]: macro.try_join.html
//! [`Future::join`]: trait.Future.html#method.join
//! [`Future::try_join`]: trait.Future.html#method.try_join
//! [`Future::race`]: trait.Future.html#method.race
//! [`Future::try_race`]: trait.Future.html#method.try_race

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