defmodule Tasks do use Koans koan "Tasks can be used for asynchronous computations with results" do task = Task.async(fn -> 3 *3 end) do_other_stuff() assert Task.await(task) + 1 == :__ end koan "if you don't need a result, use start_link/1" do {result, _pid} = Task.start_link(fn -> 1+1 end) assert result == :__ end koan "yield returns nothing if the task isn't done yet" do handle = Task.async(fn -> :timer.sleep(100) 3 * 3 end) assert Task.yield(handle, 10) == :__ end koan "tasks can be aborted with shutdown" do handle = Task.async(fn -> :timer.sleep(100) 3 * 3 end) assert Task.shutdown(handle) == :__ end koan "shutdown will give you an answer if it has it" do handle = Task.async(fn -> 3 * 3 end) :timer.sleep(10) assert Task.shutdown(handle) == {:ok, :__} end koan "you can yield to multiple tasks at once and extract the results" do squares = [1,2,3,4] |> Enum.map(fn(number) -> Task.async(fn -> number * number end) end) |> Task.yield_many(100) |> Enum.map(fn({_task,{:ok, result}}) -> result end) assert squares == :__ end def do_other_stuff do :timer.sleep(50) end end