Kernel.ParallelCompiler.async

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async(fun)

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Starts a task for parallel compilation.

If you have a file that needs to compile other modules in parallel, the spawned processes need to be aware of the compiler environment. This function allows a developer to create a task that is aware of those environments.

See Task.async/1 for more information. The task spawned must be always awaited on by calling Task.await/1