Allow users to choose the exectuor for each async provider

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start with the async_execution module and trace how the single_threaded_async feature selects between Bevy's AsyncComputeTaskPool and SingleThreadedExecution. Define the stable public traits and per-provider executor API before implementation. Done means users can select an executor for each async provider, including a custom executor and a non-Send Future path.

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Description

We currently have an async_execution module that handles the logic to switch between bevy's AsyncComputeTaskPool and our built-in SingleThreadedExecution task executors based on whether the user has chosen to activate the single_threaded_async feature.

In principle we could have a mechanism to let users choose a specific async executor for each provider that they use. This could be advantageous if they generally want to use the AsyncComputeTaskPool but sometimes need to run a Future that does not implement Send (in which case it needs to be run in the single-threaded executor). It's also possible that a user might have their own custom executor that they want to use, perhaps for only some of their async providers.

The major challenges are:

  • Define stable public traits that let users inject custom executors
  • Define a reasonable API for specifying what executor each async provider should use
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Rust
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