fix(chat): Implement alexcrichton's suggestions

* Remove unnecessary clone
* Improve rightward drift
* Remove unnecessary lazy future
* Improve utf-8 handling
* Refactor to make code more understandable

examples/chat.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::iter;
 use std::env;
-use std::io::BufReader;
+use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind, BufReader};
 
 use tokio_core::net::TcpListener;
 use tokio_core::reactor::Core;
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@ fn main() {
     let socket = TcpListener::bind(&addr, &handle).unwrap();
     println!("Listening on: {}", addr);
 
-    let connections = connections.clone();
     let future = socket.incoming().for_each(move |(stream, addr)| {
         let connections = connections.clone();
         let handle_inner = handle.clone();
         // We create a new future in which we create all other futures.
-        // This makes `stream` be bound on the `lazy` future's task, allowing
+        // This makes `stream` be bound on the outer future's task, allowing
         // `ReadHalf` and `WriteHalf` to be shared between inner futures.
         handle.spawn_fn(move || {
             println!("New Connection: {}", addr);
@@ -43,50 +42,65 @@ fn main() {
             // add sender to hashmap of all current connections
             connections.borrow_mut().insert(addr, tx);
 
+            let reader = BufReader::new(reader);
             let connections_inner = connections.clone();
             // https://users.rust-lang.org/t/loop-futures-for-client-handling/6950/2
-            // We have an endless loop reading from a client.
+            // First we need to get an infinite iterator
-            // In order to fuse the reading and writing futures in the end, we need to have the same
+            let iter = stream::iter::<_, _, std::io::Error>(iter::repeat(()).map(Ok));
-            // output type. Therefore we use `(Option<BufReader<ReadHalf<TcpStream>>>,
+            // Then we fold it as infinite loop
-            // Option<WriteHalf<TcpStream>>)`.
+            let socket_reader = iter.fold(reader, move |reader, _| {
-            let reader = BufReader::new(reader);
-            let socket_reader = stream::iter::<_, _, std::io::Error>(iter::repeat(()).map(Ok)).fold((Some(reader),None), move |(reader, _), _| {
-                let reader = reader.unwrap();
                 let connections = connections_inner.clone();
-                // read and parse length prefix
+                // read line
-                io::read_until(reader, '\n' as u8, vec![])
+                let amt = io::read_until(reader, '\n' as u8, vec![]);
-                    .and_then(|(reader, vec)| futures::lazy(|| {
+                // check if we hit EOF and need to close the connection
-                        // EOF was hit without reading a delimiter
+                let amt = amt.and_then(|(reader, vec)| {
-                        if vec.len() == 0 {
+                    // EOF was hit without reading a delimiter
-                            futures::failed((std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe, "Broken Pipe"))).boxed()
+                    if vec.len() == 0 {
-                        } else {
+                        let err = Error::new(ErrorKind::BrokenPipe, "Broken Pipe");
-                            futures::finished((reader, vec)).boxed()
+                        futures::failed(err).boxed()
+                    } else {
+                        futures::finished((reader, vec)).boxed()
+                    }
+                });
+                // convert bytes into string
+                let amt = amt.map(|(reader, vec)| (reader, String::from_utf8(vec)));
+                amt.and_then(move |(reader, message)| {
+                    println!("{}: {:?}", addr, message);
+                    let conns = connections.borrow_mut();
+                    if let Ok(msg) = message {
+                        // For each open connection except the sender, send the string
+                        // via the channel
+                        let iter = conns.iter().filter(|&(&k,_)| k != addr).map(|(_,v)| v);
+                        for tx in iter {
+                            tx.send(msg.clone()).unwrap();
                         }
-                    }))
+                    } else {
-                    // convert bytes into string
+                        let tx = conns.get(&addr).unwrap();
-                    .map(|(reader, vec)| (reader, String::from_utf8(vec).unwrap()))
+                        tx.send("You didn't send valid UTF-8.".to_string()).unwrap();
-                    .and_then(move |(reader, message)| {
+                    }
-                        println!("{}: {:?}", addr, message);
+                    futures::finished(reader)
-                        // For each open connection except the sender, send the string via the channel
+                })
-                        for tx in connections.borrow_mut().iter().filter(|&(&k,_)| k != addr).map(|(_,v)| v) {
-                            tx.send(message.clone()).unwrap();
-                        }
-                        futures::finished((Some(reader),None))
-                    })
             });
 
             // Whenever we receive a string on the Receiver, we write it to `WriteHalf<TcpStream>`.
-            let socket_writer = rx.fold((None, Some(writer)), move |(_, writer), msg| {
+            let socket_writer = rx.fold(writer, |writer, msg| {
-                let writer = writer.unwrap();
+                let amt = io::write_all(writer, msg.into_bytes());
-                io::write_all(writer, msg.into_bytes()).map(|(writer, _)| (None, Some(writer))).boxed()
+                let amt = amt.map(|(writer, _)| writer);
+                amt
             });
 
-            socket_reader.select(socket_writer)
+            // In order to fuse the reading and writing futures in the end, we need to have the
-                .then(move |_| {
+            // same output type. Therefore we use `(Option<BufReader<ReadHalf<TcpStream>>>,
-                    connections.borrow_mut().remove(&addr);
+            // Option<WriteHalf<TcpStream>>)`.
-                    println!("Connection {:?} closed.", addr);
+            let socket_reader = socket_reader.map(|reader| (Some(reader), None));
-                    Ok(())
+            let socket_writer = socket_writer.map(|writer| (None, Some(writer)));
-                })
+
+            let amt = socket_reader.select(socket_writer);
+            amt.then(move |_| {
+                connections.borrow_mut().remove(&addr);
+                println!("Connection {:?} closed.", addr);
+                Ok(())
+            })
         });
         Ok(())
     });
@@ -94,3 +108,4 @@ fn main() {
     // exectue server
     core.run(future).unwrap();
 }
+