rainbow-rs/src/lib.rs

extern crate crypto_hash;
extern crate crossbeam_channel;

use std::io::BufReader;
use crypto_hash::{Algorithm, hex_digest};
use crossbeam_channel as channel;
use std::thread;
use std::io::prelude::*;
use std::fs::File;

const NWORKERS: usize = 10;

pub fn rainbow(file: &str) {
    let f = File::open(file).unwrap();
    let reader = BufReader::new(f);

    let (sx, rx) = channel::unbounded();

    let prod = thread::spawn(move|| {
        for line in reader.lines() {
            let _ = sx.send(line.unwrap());
        }
    });

    let mut workers = Vec::with_capacity(NWORKERS);
    for _ in 0..NWORKERS {
        let rx = rx.clone();
        workers.push(thread::spawn(move|| {
            loop {
                match rx.try_recv() {
                    Some(line) => {
                        let _digest = hex_digest(Algorithm::MD5, line.as_bytes());
                        // println!("{}", _digest);
                    },
                    None => break
                }
            }
        }));
    }

    let _ = prod.join();
    for _ in 0..NWORKERS {
        workers.pop().unwrap().join().unwrap();
    }
}