Eio backend for JavaScript environments #680
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This provides:
eio_js_backend
, a simple backend;js_of_ocaml-eio
, a counterpart tojs_of_ocaml-lwt
;eio_brr
, Eio support for Brr (Eio variants of Brr functions that returns directly instead of returning a future).This has been heavily inspired by #405. Compared to this PR, there is a clear separation between the scheduler and the JavaScript bindings. Also, it is possible to use Eio from JavaScript callbacks (e.g. from event handlers) as was attempted in #534.
The scheduler is quite different from other Eio backends. It provides a
start
function that starts executing asynchronously a function in a context where Eio effects can be performed instead of a blockingrun
function. Indeed, one cannot block waiting for events in JavaScript but one needs to return to the JavaScript event loop. Thestart
function can be called in JavaScript callbacks to use Eio.eio_jsoo
is not complete yet.