stream: add `empty()` and `pending()` (#2092)

`stream::empty()` is the asynchronous equivalent to
`std::iter::empty()`. `pending()` provides a stream that never becomes
ready.

3 files changed, 106 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tokio/src/stream/empty.rs b/tokio/src/stream/empty.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a320d44b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokio/src/stream/empty.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use crate::stream::Stream;
+
+use core::marker::PhantomData;
+use core::pin::Pin;
+use core::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+/// Stream for the [`empty`] function.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+#[must_use = "streams do nothing unless polled"]
+pub struct Empty<T>(PhantomData<T>);
+
+impl<T> Unpin for Empty<T> {}
+
+/// Creates a stream that yields nothing.
+///
+/// The returned stream is immediately ready and returns `None`. Use
+/// [`stream::pending()`](super::pending()) to obtain a stream that is never
+/// ready.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// Basic usage:
+///
+/// ```
+/// use tokio::stream::{self, StreamExt};
+///
+/// #[tokio::main]
+/// async fn main() {
+///     let mut none = stream::empty::<i32>();
+///
+///     assert_eq!(None, none.next().await);
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub const fn empty<T>() -> Empty<T> {
+    Empty(PhantomData)
+}
+
+impl<T> Stream for Empty<T> {
+    type Item = T;
+
+    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<T>> {
+        Poll::Ready(None)
+    }
+
+    fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
+        (0, Some(0))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tokio/src/stream/mod.rs b/tokio/src/stream/mod.rs
index 2bbb6802..b7b02d02 100644
--- a/tokio/src/stream/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/stream/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ use all::AllFuture;
 mod any;
 use any::AnyFuture;
 
+mod empty;
+pub use empty::{empty, Empty};
+
 mod filter;
 use filter::Filter;
 
@@ -31,6 +34,9 @@ use merge::Merge;
 mod next;
 use next::Next;
 
+mod pending;
+pub use pending::{pending, Pending};
+
 mod try_next;
 use try_next::TryNext;
 
diff --git a/tokio/src/stream/pending.rs b/tokio/src/stream/pending.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d954a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokio/src/stream/pending.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+use crate::stream::Stream;
+
+use core::marker::PhantomData;
+use core::pin::Pin;
+use core::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+/// Stream for the [`pending`] function.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+#[must_use = "streams do nothing unless polled"]
+pub struct Pending<T>(PhantomData<T>);
+
+impl<T> Unpin for Pending<T> {}
+
+/// Creates a stream that is never ready
+///
+/// The returned stream is never ready. Attempting to call
+/// [`next()`](crate::stream::StreamExt::next) will never complete. Use
+/// [`stream::empty()`](super::empty()) to obtain a stream that is is
+/// immediately empty but returns no values.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// Basic usage:
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// use tokio::stream::{self, StreamExt};
+///
+/// #[tokio::main]
+/// async fn main() {
+///     let mut never = stream::empty::<i32>();
+///
+///     // This will never complete
+///     never.next().await;
+///
+///     unreachable!();
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub const fn pending<T>() -> Pending<T> {
+    Pending(PhantomData)
+}
+
+impl<T> Stream for Pending<T> {
+    type Item = T;
+
+    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<T>> {
+        Poll::Pending
+    }
+
+    fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
+        (0, None)
+    }
+}