util.async: Optionally allow too many 'done' callbacks Sometimes, like in mod_c2s and mod_s2s during shutdown, all you want is to wait for the first done() and not complicate things.

author: Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:17:10 +0100
parent: 11962:9a70a543c727
child: 12975:d10957394a3c
--- a/util/async.lua	Tue Feb 22 12:35:31 2022 +0100
+++ b/util/async.lua	Tue Feb 22 14:17:10 2022 +0100
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 	return true;
 end
 
-local function waiter(num)
+local function waiter(num, allow_many)
 	local thread = checkthread();
 	num = num or 1;
 	local waiting;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 		num = num - 1;
 		if num == 0 and waiting then
 			runner_continue(thread);
-		elseif num < 0 then
+		elseif not allow_many and num < 0 then
 			error("done() called too many times");
 		end
 	end;