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背景

Zig 0.16 起,异步能力不再依赖 async / await 关键字,而是由标准库的 std.Io 接口提供。原有的异步章节仍停留在“异步处于冻结状态”,需要更新。

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  • course/advanced/async.md:重写异步章节
    • 历史回顾,以及新设计如何避开函数染色问题
    • std.Io 接口结构(userdata + vtable)、标准库内置实现对照表、获取 Io 的方式
    • async / await,以及“async 不等于并发”(同一段代码在单线程 Io 上的表现)
    • concurrent:容量为 2 的队列连接生产者与消费者,以及 error.ConcurrencyUnavailable
    • 取消:取消点、recancel / checkCancel、swapCancelProtection
    • Group、Select(超时示例)、Io.Mutex 等同步原语
    • 实现自己的 Io:SimIo 以 Io.failing 为模板,只覆盖约 10 个 vtable 函数,提供内存 stdio 与虚拟时钟;普通业务代码(File.Reader/Writer、io.sleep、io.async)无需修改即可运行在其上
  • course/code/17/async.zig:全部示例代码与 10 个单元测试
  • course/code/release/async.zig:与 17 保持一致

验证

  • zig build(Zig 0.17.0)通过,async_test 全部 10 个测试通过且无多余输出
  • 交叉编译 x86_64-windows 与 aarch64-macos 通过(SimIo 不依赖平台 syscall)
  • pnpm check、pnpm build 通过

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  • Documentation
    • Replaced the outdated async notice with a guide to Zig 0.16’s std.Io model, covering I/O implementations, async and concurrency, cancellation, task groups, selection, synchronization, and simulated I/O.
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    • Added runnable tutorial examples for I/O, async tasks, concurrency, cancellation, task groups, selection, mutexes, and simulated I/O.
    • Added tests covering example behavior, including simulated input and output, virtual time, and concurrency availability.

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The change replaces a frozen-status notice with a Zig 0.16 std.Io guide. It adds two runnable examples that demonstrate I/O selection, async execution, concurrency, cancellation, synchronization, and simulated I/O, with tests for the examples.

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I/O selection and async basics
course/advanced/async.md, course/code/17/async.zig, course/code/release/async.zig
The guide describes std.Io and its async model. Both examples show runtime-provided or threaded I/O, futures, awaiting, and single-threaded inline async execution.
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course/advanced/async.md, course/code/17/async.zig, course/code/release/async.zig
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course/advanced/async.md, course/code/17/async.zig, course/code/release/async.zig
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- Line 116: Qualify the timing claim in the passage about the two fetch calls:
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<<<@/code/release/async.zig#async_await

两个 `fetch` 各自睡眠 100ms,但总耗时只有约 100ms,因为它们被分配到了不同的线程上同时执行。如果换成别的 `Io` 实现,同样的代码可能会有不同的表现,下一小节就会看到这一点。

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Qualify the timing result.

On a single-core system, the default async_limit is zero, so both io.async calls run inline and the two sleeps take about 200 ms. State that the roughly 100 ms result requires an available worker thread.

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[uncategorized] ~116-~116: 数词与名词之间一般应存在量词,可能缺少量词。
Context: ...的线程上同时执行。如果换成别的 Io 实现,同样的代码可能会有不同的表现,下一小节就会看到这一点。 ### 用 defer 取消任务 上面的代码在每次 `...

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## 取消

`future.cancel(io)` 与 `await` 类似,但会先向任务发出**取消请求**。任务在下一次到达**取消点**(cancelation point)时会收到 `error.Canceled`。所谓取消点,就是任何错误集合中包含 `error.Canceled` 的 `Io` 函数,例如 `sleep`、文件读写、网络收发、`Mutex.lock` 等。

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Clarify that cancellation is not guaranteed.

future.cancel(io) requests cancellation, but the request may not be acknowledged. A task can reach a cancellation point without returning error.Canceled; describe that outcome as conditional on the request being acknowledged. Zig’s release notes specify this behavior. (ziglang.org)

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## 同步原语

由于任务可能运行在线程上,也可能运行在 fiber 上,同步原语必须由 `Io` 实现来配合阻塞与唤醒。因此原先的 `std.Thread.Mutex` 等已经被移除,取而代之的是 `std.Io` 中一套与实现无关的版本,它们都需要传入 `io`:

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Do not say that std.Thread synchronization primitives were removed.

std.Thread.Mutex and related primitives remain available for kernel-thread synchronization. The std.Io versions serve code that must cooperate with the selected I/O implementation. The Zig release notes describe migrating between these APIs, not removing the std.Thread APIs. (github.com)

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Zig 0.16 起异步能力由 std.Io 接口提供,原章节仍停留在"异步冻结"状态。

- 介绍 std.Io 接口结构、标准库内置实现与获取方式
- 讲解 async/await、concurrent、取消、Group、Select 与 Io 同步原语
- 新增 SimIo 示例:基于 Io.failing 实现一个带虚拟时钟、内存 stdio 的极简 Io
- 示例代码位于 course/code/17/async.zig,并同步到 release
- 示例的 main 改为接收 std.process.Init,显式从 init.io(Io.Threaded)获取 io
- 新增"用 defer 取消任务"小节,解释 catch {} 在正常路径与提前返回路径下为何可以丢弃结果,
  以及需要释放资源或记录错误时的写法
在 Io 实现对照表后用 tip 容器解释 fiber(有栈协程)、Io.Evented 的工作方式,并与系统线程、旧版无栈 async 对比
- 新增「Io 是如何工作的」:以 io.sleep 为例,展示从 Io.zig 接口层经 vtable 到 Io.Threaded 实现层的调用链
- 新增「io.async 内部发生了什么」:展示 Io.async 的类型擦除、Future.await 以及 Threaded.async 退化为就地执行的四种情况
- 源码摘录使用 code-group 分页展示,并高亮关键行
代码片段在文档中单独展示时看不到文件顶部的别名声明,容易让读者困惑。正文补充说明 Io 即 std.Io,标准库源码摘录中的 Io 来自其内部别名。
摘录不随 zig build 检查,版本升级后无法保证与标准库一致。改为文字说明调用链与 Threaded.async 的退化条件,并新增可编译的 vtable_call 示例,演示 io.sleep 与直接调用 io.vtable.sleep 等价。
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