ruby-concurrency / ruby-concurrency/concurrent-ruby

New lighter task scheduler for promises

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enhancement
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Description

It currently uses TimerSet which runs in IO pool and creates unnecessary threads.

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Research direction

Start by tracing how promises currently use TimerSet and how TimerSet schedules work in the IO pool. Determine the requirements for a lighter scheduler that avoids unnecessary threads; done means promises use the new scheduler without relying on the current TimerSet behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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