typelevel / typelevel/cats-effect
Consolidate duplicate "currently executing fiber" pointers
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Description
Context: https://github.com/typelevel/cats-effect/pull/3636#discussion_r1470537976
Specifically this is referring to _active and currentIOFiber in WorkerThread.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with WorkerThread, focusing on _active and currentIOFiber, then read the linked pull-request discussion for its rationale and constraints. Consolidate the duplicate currently executing fiber pointers and confirm the existing runtime behavior remains intact.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100