# Objective
- Fixes#10532
## Solution
I've updated the various `Event` send methods to return the sent
`EventId`(s). Since these methods previously returned nothing, and this
information is cheap to copy, there should be minimal negative
consequences to providing this additional information. In the case of
`send_batch`, an iterator is returned built from `Range` and `Map`,
which only consumes 16 bytes on the stack with no heap allocations for
all batch sizes. As such, the cost of this information is negligible.
These changes are reflected for `EventWriter` and `World`. For `World`,
the return types are optional to account for the possible lack of an
`Events` resource. Again, these methods previously returned no
information, so its inclusion should only be a benefit.
## Usage
Now when sending events, the IDs of those events is available for
immediate use:
```rust
// Example of a request-response system where the requester can track handled requests.
/// A system which can make and track requests
fn requester(
mut requests: EventWriter<Request>,
mut handled: EventReader<Handled>,
mut pending: Local<HashSet<EventId<Request>>>,
) {
// Check status of previous requests
for Handled(id) in handled.read() {
pending.remove(&id);
}
if !pending.is_empty() {
error!("Not all my requests were handled on the previous frame!");
pending.clear();
}
// Send a new request and remember its ID for later
let request_id = requests.send(Request::MyRequest { /* ... */ });
pending.insert(request_id);
}
/// A system which handles requests
fn responder(
mut requests: EventReader<Request>,
mut handled: EventWriter<Handled>,
) {
for (request, id) in requests.read_with_id() {
if handle(request).is_ok() {
handled.send(Handled(id));
}
}
}
```
In the above example, a `requester` system can send request events, and
keep track of which ones are currently pending by `EventId`. Then, a
`responder` system can act on that event, providing the ID as a
reference that the `requester` can use. Before this PR, it was not
trivial for a system sending events to keep track of events by ID. This
is unfortunate, since for a system reading events, it is trivial to
access the ID of a event.
---
## Changelog
- Updated `Events`:
- Added `send_batch`
- Modified `send` to return the sent `EventId`
- Modified `send_default` to return the sent `EventId`
- Updated `EventWriter`
- Modified `send_batch` to return all sent `EventId`s
- Modified `send` to return the sent `EventId`
- Modified `send_default` to return the sent `EventId`
- Updated `World`
- Modified `send_event` to return the sent `EventId` if sent, otherwise
`None`.
- Modified `send_event_default` to return the sent `EventId` if sent,
otherwise `None`.
- Modified `send_event_batch` to return all sent `EventId`s if sent,
otherwise `None`.
- Added unit test `test_send_events_ids` to ensure returned `EventId`s
match the sent `Event`s
- Updated uses of modified methods.
## Migration Guide
### `send` / `send_default` / `send_batch`
For the following methods:
- `Events::send`
- `Events::send_default`
- `Events::send_batch`
- `EventWriter::send`
- `EventWriter::send_default`
- `EventWriter::send_batch`
- `World::send_event`
- `World::send_event_default`
- `World::send_event_batch`
Ensure calls to these methods either handle the returned value, or
suppress the result with `;`.
```rust
// Now fails to compile due to mismatched return type
fn send_my_event(mut events: EventWriter<MyEvent>) {
events.send_default()
}
// Fix
fn send_my_event(mut events: EventWriter<MyEvent>) {
events.send_default();
}
```
This will most likely be noticed within `match` statements:
```rust
// Before
match is_pressed {
true => events.send(PlayerAction::Fire),
// ^--^ No longer returns ()
false => {}
}
// After
match is_pressed {
true => {
events.send(PlayerAction::Fire);
},
false => {}
}
```
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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Nicola Papale <nicopap@users.noreply.github.com>
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