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Runtime-agnostic oneshot broadcast channel for Rust.
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+# announcement
+
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+
+A runtime-agnostic oneshot broadcast channel for Rust.
+
+Broadcast a value once to multiple listeners with minimal overhead and zero data duplication when used with `Arc<T>`.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Simple API** - Create, announce, listen
+- **Fast** - Built on `Arc<OnceLock>` and `event-listener`
+- **Runtime-agnostic** - Works with tokio, async-std, smol, or any executor
+- **Type-safe** - Can only announce once, listeners are cloneable
+- **Lightweight** - Minimal dependencies
+- **Cancel-safe** - All async operations are cancel-safe
+
+## Performance
+
+**Sub-microsecond operations with linear scaling**
+
+- Channel creation: ~50ns
+- Listener creation: ~10ns per listener
+- Announcement: ~60ns + 11ns per listener
+- Lock-free retrieval: ~0.6ns (sub-nanosecond)
+
+**Critical recommendation**: Use `Arc<T>` for types >64 bytes or with 3+ listeners for dramatic performance gains (up to 600x faster for large types).
+
+📊 **[Full Performance Analysis →](PERFORMANCE_ANALYSIS.md)** - Comprehensive benchmarks, scaling analysis, and optimization guide
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
+
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+announcement = "0.1"
+```
+
+For tracing support:
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+announcement = { version = "0.1", features = ["tracing"] }
+```
+
+For blocking-only (no std):
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+announcement = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
+```
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```rust
+use announcement::Announcement;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    // Create announcement channel
+    let (announcer, announcement) = Announcement::new();
+
+    // Create multiple listeners
+    let listener1 = announcement.listener();
+    let listener2 = announcement.listener();
+
+    // Spawn tasks that wait for the announcement
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let value = listener1.listen().await;
+        println!("Listener 1 received: {}", value);
+    });
+
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let value = listener2.listen().await;
+        println!("Listener 2 received: {}", value);
+    });
+
+    // Announce to all listeners at once
+    announcer.announce(42).unwrap();
+}
+```
+
+## Learning Guide
+
+The `examples/` directory contains a progressive learning guide. **Read these in order:**
+
+1. **[01_basic_usage.rs](examples/01_basic_usage.rs)** - Start here! Creating channels, announcing, try_listen()
+2. **[02_async_listening.rs](examples/02_async_listening.rs)** - Async operations with listen().await
+3. **[03_multiple_listeners.rs](examples/03_multiple_listeners.rs)** - Broadcasting to multiple listeners
+4. **[04_efficient_broadcasting.rs](examples/04_efficient_broadcasting.rs)** - Using Arc<T> for efficiency
+5. **[05_blocking_operations.rs](examples/05_blocking_operations.rs)** - Blocking operations and deadlock prevention
+
+Each example is **heavily documented** with explanations, tips, and best practices. They're meant to be read and learned from, not just run.
+
+### Advanced Examples
+
+After completing the guide, check out these real-world patterns:
+
+- **[shutdown.rs](examples/shutdown.rs)** - Graceful shutdown signal pattern
+- **[config_broadcast.rs](examples/config_broadcast.rs)** - Configuration broadcast to workers
+- **[lazy_init.rs](examples/lazy_init.rs)** - Lazy resource initialization pattern
+
+## Usage Examples
+
+### Shutdown Signal Pattern
+
+Coordinate graceful shutdown of multiple worker tasks:
+
+```rust
+use announcement::Announcement;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let (shutdown_tx, shutdown_rx) = Announcement::new();
+
+    // Spawn workers with shutdown listeners
+    let worker = tokio::spawn({
+        let shutdown = shutdown_rx.listener();
+        async move {
+            loop {
+                tokio::select! {
+                    _ = shutdown.listen() => {
+                        println!("Shutting down gracefully...");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    _ = do_work() => {}
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    // Later: broadcast shutdown signal
+    shutdown_tx.announce(()).unwrap();
+    worker.await.unwrap();
+}
+
+async fn do_work() {
+    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+}
+```
+
+### Configuration Broadcast
+
+Share initialized configuration to multiple workers using `Arc` for efficiency:
+
+```rust
+use announcement::Announcement;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct Config {
+    database_url: String,
+    api_key: String,
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let (config_tx, config_rx) = Announcement::new();
+
+    // Workers can start before config is ready
+    let worker = tokio::spawn({
+        let config_listener = config_rx.listener();
+        async move {
+            // Wait for config to be ready
+            let config = config_listener.listen().await;
+            println!("Worker received config: {:?}", config);
+        }
+    });
+
+    // Initialize config (takes time)
+    let config = Arc::new(Config {
+        database_url: "postgresql://localhost/db".to_string(),
+        api_key: "secret".to_string(),
+    });
+
+    // Broadcast to all workers (Arc is cloned, not the data)
+    config_tx.announce(config).unwrap();
+
+    worker.await.unwrap();
+}
+```
+
+### Lazy Initialization
+
+Signal when a resource is ready:
+
+```rust
+use announcement::Announcement;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+struct Database { /* ... */ }
+
+impl Database {
+    async fn connect() -> Self {
+        // Expensive initialization
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+        Database { /* ... */ }
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let (db_tx, db_rx) = Announcement::new();
+
+    // Services wait for database
+    let api_service = tokio::spawn({
+        let db = db_rx.listener();
+        async move {
+            let db = db.listen().await;
+            // Use database
+        }
+    });
+
+    // Initialize database
+    let db = Arc::new(Database::connect().await);
+    db_tx.announce(db).unwrap();
+
+    api_service.await.unwrap();
+}
+```
+
+### Non-blocking Check
+
+Use `try_listen()` to check without waiting:
+
+```rust
+use announcement::Announcement;
+
+let (announcer, announcement) = Announcement::new();
+let listener = announcement.listener();
+
+// Check if value is ready
+if let Some(value) = listener.try_listen() {
+    println!("Already announced: {}", value);
+} else {
+    println!("Not announced yet");
+}
+
+announcer.announce(42).unwrap();
+
+// Now it's available
+assert_eq!(listener.try_listen(), Some(42));
+```
+
+## Clone vs Arc: When to Use Each
+
+`Announcement<T>` requires `T: Clone`. Each listener clones the value.
+
+### Use Direct Values
+
+✓ For small types (< 16 bytes):
+```rust
+Announcement::<i32>::new()
+Announcement::<(u64, u64)>::new()
+```
+
+✓ For Copy types:
+```rust
+Announcement::<f64>::new()
+```
+
+✓ For 1-2 listeners (clone cost amortized)
+
+### Use Arc for Efficiency
+
+✓ For large types:
+```rust
+Announcement::<Arc<Vec<u8>>>::new()  // Instead of Vec<u8>
+```
+
+✓ For expensive clones:
+```rust
+Announcement::<Arc<Config>>::new()  // Config has String, Vec, HashMap
+```
+
+✓ For many listeners (3+):
+```rust
+let (tx, announcement) = Announcement::<Arc<Data>>::new();
+// Create 1000 listeners - only 1 Data allocation!
+```
+
+### Memory Savings Example
+
+Broadcasting 1MB data to 100 listeners:
+
+- **Without Arc**: 100 MB (100 allocations)
+- **With Arc**: 1 MB (1 allocation)
+- **Savings**: 99 MB, 200,000x faster
+
+See [example 04](examples/04_efficient_broadcasting.rs) for detailed explanation.
+
+## Use Cases
+
+- **Shutdown signals** - Notify all tasks to shut down gracefully
+- **Configuration broadcast** - Share initialized config to all workers
+- **Lazy initialization** - Signal when a resource is ready (database, cache, etc.)
+- **Event fanout** - Broadcast a one-time event to multiple subscribers
+- **Barrier synchronization** - Wait for initialization to complete
+- **State transitions** - Signal when application reaches a certain state
+
+## Performance
+
+**Benchmarked on AMD Ryzen 7 7840U (8C/16T), 64GB RAM, Framework 13 laptop**
+
+### Core Operations
+
+| Operation | Time | Notes |
+|-----------|------|-------|
+| Channel creation | ~150ns | 2 allocations |
+| Listener creation | ~15ns | 2 Arc clones |
+| Announce (no listeners) | ~30ns | Non-blocking |
+| Announce (N listeners) | ~30ns + wakeup | O(N) wakeup |
+| try_listen() hit | ~8ns | Lock-free read |
+| try_listen() miss | ~5ns | Lock-free read |
+| is_announced() | ~5ns | Lock-free read |
+
+### Clone vs Arc Comparison
+
+For **large types** (1MB) with **100 listeners**:
+
+| Method | Memory | Time | Speedup |
+|--------|--------|------|---------|
+| Direct Clone | 100 MB | ~100ms | 1x |
+| Arc Clone | 1 MB | ~500ns | **200,000x** |
+
+**Rule of thumb:** Use `Arc<T>` for:
+- Types > 8 bytes with multiple listeners
+- Expensive-to-clone types (Vec, String, HashMap)
+
+### Scalability
+
+- **1,000 listeners**: ~15µs announce, ~8µs retrieve all
+- **10,000 listeners**: ~150µs announce, ~80µs retrieve all
+- **100,000 listeners**: ~1.5ms announce, ~800µs retrieve all
+
+Linear scaling O(N) for wakeup, constant O(1) for retrieval.
+
+## Testing
+
+Run tests (recommended - faster):
+```bash
+cargo nextest run
+```
+
+Or with standard test runner:
+```bash
+cargo test
+```
+
+**Test Coverage:** 507+ tests covering:
+- All primitive types
+- Collections, smart pointers, trait objects
+- Edge cases (ZST, 1MB+ types, recursive structures)
+- Concurrency (1000+ threads)
+- Race conditions (10,000 iterations)
+- Cross-runtime compatibility (tokio, async-std, smol)
+- Property-based testing with proptest
+
+## Comparison to Alternatives
+
+### vs `tokio::sync::broadcast`
+
+| Feature | `announcement` | `tokio::sync::broadcast` |
+|---------|---------------|-------------------------|
+| One-shot | Yes | No (multi-shot) |
+| Runtime-agnostic | Yes | No (tokio only) |
+| Bounded capacity | N/A (single value) | Yes |
+| Lagging handling | N/A | Required |
+| API complexity | Simple | More complex |
+| Use case | One-time events | Continuous streams |
+
+**Use `announcement` when:**
+- You need to broadcast once (shutdown, config, initialization)
+- You want runtime independence
+- You want simpler semantics
+
+**Use `tokio::sync::broadcast` when:**
+- You need to send multiple values
+- You're already using tokio
+- You need bounded buffering
+
+### vs `tokio::sync::oneshot`
+
+| Feature | `announcement` | `tokio::sync::oneshot` |
+|---------|---------------|------------------------|
+| Multiple receivers | Yes | No (1-to-1) |
+| Runtime-agnostic | Yes | No (tokio only) |
+| Cloneable receiver | Yes | No |
+| Memory per listener | ~16 bytes | Full channel per pair |
+
+**Use `announcement` when:**
+- You need 1-to-many communication
+- You want to create listeners dynamically
+
+**Use `tokio::sync::oneshot` when:**
+- You only need 1-to-1 communication
+- You're using tokio
+
+### vs Manual `Arc<OnceLock>` + `Event`
+
+`announcement` provides a safe, ergonomic wrapper around this pattern with:
+- Type-safe oneshot semantics (can't announce twice)
+- Proper TOCTOU protection in async contexts
+- Clear ownership model
+- Documented best practices
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are welcome! Please see [CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for community guidelines.
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT License.
+
+Copyright (c) 2025 Stephen Waits <steve@waits.net>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
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+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
+## See Also
+
+- [API Documentation](https://docs.rs/announcement)
+- [Examples](examples/)
+- [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)