racket/collects/unstable/scribblings/future.scrbl
2011-07-18 09:01:26 -06:00

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#lang scribble/manual
@(require "utils.rkt"
(for-label racket/base
racket/future
unstable/future))
@title[#:tag "future"]{Futures}
@unstable[@author+email["Ryan Culpepper" "ryanc@racket-lang.org"]]
@defmodule[unstable/future]
@deftogether[[
@defform[(for/async (for-clause ...) body ...+)]
@defform[(for*/async (for-clause ...) body ...+)]]]{
Like @racket[for] and @racket[for*], but each iteration of the
@racket[body] is executed in a separate @racket[future], and
the futures may be @racket[touch]ed in any order.
}