A simple implementation of an async channel for use with AsyncSequence and AsyncIterator which matches the same interface as Channel.
When the next()
function is called it is expected to return a value asynchronusly for an async for
loop.
If the values are not created in response to calling this function these values will have to be provided
somehow. This channel supports sending values which the next()
can return.
In the unit tests, a channel is created which is also a sequence. The AyncIterator
is a nested type.
When the iterator is created it is given the same channel. Calling send
on the channel will make new
values available. When the next
function is called it creates a continuation
which will be matched
to a value so it can be returned. Calling terminate
will use a continuation
to send nil
which tells
the for
loop it is done.
All of the work done by the channel is done as an actor type so that it is thread-safe. Since it only uses features from the Swift Standard Library it should be usable on every platform which has Swift support.