Merge pull request #1201 from Hofer-Julian/add-spawn-functions

Add `spawn_future` and `spawn_future_local` convenience functions

Author: sdroege

glib/src/functions.rs

@@ -260,3 +260,30 @@ pub fn file_open_tmp(
         }
     }
 }
+
+// rustdoc-stripper-ignore-next
+/// Spawn a new infallible `Future` on the thread-default main context.
+///
+/// This can be called from any thread and will execute the future from the thread
+/// where main context is running, e.g. via a `MainLoop`.
+pub fn spawn_future<R: Send + 'static, F: std::future::Future<Output = R> + Send + 'static>(
+    f: F,
+) -> crate::JoinHandle<R> {
+    let ctx = crate::MainContext::ref_thread_default();
+    ctx.spawn(f)
+}
+
+// rustdoc-stripper-ignore-next
+/// Spawn a new infallible `Future` on the thread-default main context.
+///
+/// The given `Future` does not have to be `Send`.
+///
+/// This can be called only from the thread where the main context is running, e.g.
+/// from any other `Future` that is executed on this main context, or after calling
+/// `with_thread_default` or `acquire` on the main context.
+pub fn spawn_future_local<R: 'static, F: std::future::Future<Output = R> + 'static>(
+    f: F,
+) -> crate::JoinHandle<R> {
+    let ctx = crate::MainContext::ref_thread_default();
+    ctx.spawn_local(f)
+}