I wish "cancellation" wasn't used for both of those. It seems to obfuscate understanding quite a bit. We should call them "dropped" and "abandoned" or something.
I wish "cancellation" wasn't used for both of those. It seems to obfuscate understanding quite a bit. We should call them "dropped" and "abandoned" or something.
I don't think anyone really calls the latter "cancellation" in practice. I'm just pointing out that "is never polled again" is the tricky state with futures.