fix(server): Use thread::spawn instead of thread::scoped.

.travis.yml

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ cache:
       - target
 
 script:
-    - cargo build
-    - cargo test
+    - cargo build --features nightly
+    - cargo test --features nightly
     - cargo bench --features nightly
 
 after_success: |

src/server/listener.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-use std::thread::{self, JoinGuard};
-use std::sync::mpsc;
+use std::sync::{Arc, mpsc};
+use std::thread;
+
 use net::NetworkListener;
 
 pub struct ListenerPool<A: NetworkListener> {
     acceptor: A
 }
 
-impl<'a, A: NetworkListener + Send + 'a> ListenerPool<A> {
+impl<A: NetworkListener + Send + 'static> ListenerPool<A> {
     /// Create a thread pool to manage the acceptor.
     pub fn new(acceptor: A) -> ListenerPool<A> {
         ListenerPool { acceptor: acceptor }
@@ -18,31 +19,32 @@ impl<'a, A: NetworkListener + Send + 'a> ListenerPool<A> {
     ///
     /// Panics if threads == 0.
     pub fn accept<F>(self, work: F, threads: usize)
-        where F: Fn(A::Stream) + Send + Sync + 'a {
+        where F: Fn(A::Stream) + Send + Sync + 'static {
         assert!(threads != 0, "Can't accept on 0 threads.");
 
         let (super_tx, supervisor_rx) = mpsc::channel();
 
-        let work = &work;
-        let spawn = move |id| {
-            spawn_with(super_tx.clone(), work, self.acceptor.clone(), id)
-        };
+        let work = Arc::new(work);
 
-        // Go
-        let mut guards: Vec<_> = (0..threads).map(|id| spawn(id)).collect();
+        // Begin work.
+        for _ in (0..threads) {
+            spawn_with(super_tx.clone(), work.clone(), self.acceptor.clone())
+        }
 
-        for id in supervisor_rx.iter() {
-            guards[id] = spawn(id);
+        // Monitor for panics.
+        // FIXME(reem): This won't ever exit since we still have a super_tx handle.
+        for _ in supervisor_rx.iter() {
+            spawn_with(super_tx.clone(), work.clone(), self.acceptor.clone());
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn spawn_with<'a, A, F>(supervisor: mpsc::Sender<usize>, work: &'a F, mut acceptor: A, id: usize) -> thread::JoinGuard<'a, ()>
-where A: NetworkListener + Send + 'a,
-      F: Fn(<A as NetworkListener>::Stream) + Send + Sync + 'a {
+fn spawn_with<A, F>(supervisor: mpsc::Sender<()>, work: Arc<F>, mut acceptor: A)
+where A: NetworkListener + Send + 'static,
+      F: Fn(<A as NetworkListener>::Stream) + Send + Sync + 'static {
 
-    thread::scoped(move || {
-        let _sentinel = Sentinel::new(supervisor, id);
+    thread::spawn(move || {
+        let _sentinel = Sentinel::new(supervisor, ());
 
         loop {
             match acceptor.accept() {
@@ -52,13 +54,12 @@ where A: NetworkListener + Send + 'a,
                 }
             }
         }
-    })
+    });
 }
 
 struct Sentinel<T: Send + 'static> {
     value: Option<T>,
     supervisor: mpsc::Sender<T>,
-    //active: bool
 }
 
 impl<T: Send + 'static> Sentinel<T> {
@@ -66,18 +67,12 @@ impl<T: Send + 'static> Sentinel<T> {
         Sentinel {
             value: Some(data),
             supervisor: channel,
-            //active: true
         }
     }
-
-    //fn cancel(mut self) { self.active = false; }
 }
 
 impl<T: Send + 'static> Drop for Sentinel<T> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        // If we were cancelled, get out of here.
-        //if !self.active { return; }
-
         // Respawn ourselves
         let _ = self.supervisor.send(self.value.take().unwrap());
     }

src/server/mod.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::io::{BufWriter, Write};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::net::{SocketAddr, ToSocketAddrs};
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::thread::{self, JoinGuard};
+use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
 
 use num_cpus;
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ S: NetworkStream + Clone + Send> Server<'a, H, L> {
         let pool = ListenerPool::new(listener.clone());
         let work = move |mut stream| handle_connection(&mut stream, &handler);
 
-        let guard = thread::scoped(move || pool.accept(work, threads));
+        let guard = thread::spawn(move || pool.accept(work, threads));
 
         Ok(Listening {
             _guard: guard,
@@ -175,7 +175,10 @@ where S: NetworkStream + Clone, H: Handler {
 
 /// A listening server, which can later be closed.
 pub struct Listening {
-    _guard: JoinGuard<'static, ()>,
+    #[cfg(feature = "nightly")]
+    _guard: JoinHandle<()>,
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "nightly"))]
+    _guard: JoinHandle,
     /// The socket addresses that the server is bound to.
     pub socket: SocketAddr,
 }