glib: Add helper functions to spawn a non-Send future on the current thread-default MainContext

Author: sdroege

glib/src/lib.rs

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub use self::bridged_logging::{rust_log_handler, GlibLogger, GlibLoggerDomain,
 pub mod subclass;
 
 mod main_context_futures;
-pub use main_context_futures::{JoinError, JoinHandle};
+pub use main_context_futures::{spawn, spawn_with_priority, JoinError, JoinHandle};
 mod source_futures;
 pub use self::source_futures::*;
 

glib/src/main_context_futures.rs

@@ -552,6 +552,26 @@ impl Spawn for MainContext {
     }
 }
 
+/// Spawns an infallible, non-`Send` on the current thread-default [`MainContext`].
+///
+/// Panics if there is no thread-default main context on this thread.
+pub fn spawn<R: 'static, F: Future<Output = R> + 'static>(f: F) -> JoinHandle<R> {
+    spawn_with_priority(crate::PRIORITY_DEFAULT, f)
+}
+
+/// Spawns an infallible, non-`Send` on the current thread-default [`MainContext`] with a
+/// non-default priority.
+///
+/// Panics if there is no thread-default main context on this thread.
+pub fn spawn_with_priority<R: 'static, F: Future<Output = R> + 'static>(
+    priority: Priority,
+    f: F,
+) -> JoinHandle<R> {
+    let ctx =
+        MainContext::thread_default().expect("no thread default `MainContext` on this thread");
+    ctx.spawn_local_with_priority(priority, f)
+}
+
 impl LocalSpawn for MainContext {
     fn spawn_local_obj(&self, f: LocalFutureObj<'static, ()>) -> Result<(), SpawnError> {
         let (tx, _) = oneshot::channel();