fix: better api with TextChange, ugly fixes

it's pretty ugly but it kinda works? really need to do this better

src/buffer/controller.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use tokio::sync::{watch, mpsc};
+use tokio::sync::{watch, mpsc, Mutex, RwLock, TryLockError};
 use tonic::async_trait;
 
 use crate::errors::IgnorableError;
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use super::TextChange;
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct BufferController {
 	content: watch::Receiver<String>,
+	seen: Arc<RwLock<String>>,
 	operations: mpsc::UnboundedSender<TextChange>,
 	_stop: Arc<StopOnDrop>, // just exist
 }
@@ -42,7 +43,11 @@ impl BufferController {
 		operations: mpsc::UnboundedSender<TextChange>,
 		stop: mpsc::UnboundedSender<()>,
 	) -> Self {
-		BufferController { content, operations, _stop: Arc::new(StopOnDrop(stop)) }
+		BufferController {
+			content, operations,
+			_stop: Arc::new(StopOnDrop(stop)),
+			seen: Arc::new(RwLock::new("".into())),
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -56,19 +61,56 @@ impl Drop for StopOnDrop {
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
-impl Controller<String> for BufferController {
+impl Controller<TextChange> for BufferController {
 	type Input = TextChange;
 
 	async fn poll(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
-		Ok(self.content.clone().changed().await?)
+		let mut poller = self.content.clone();
+		loop {
+			poller.changed().await?;
+			let seen = self.seen.read().await.clone();
+			if *poller.borrow() != seen {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		Ok(())
 	}
 
-	fn try_recv(&self) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
+	fn try_recv(&self) -> Result<Option<TextChange>, Error> {
-		Ok(Some(self.content.borrow().clone()))
+		let cur = match self.seen.try_read() {
+			Err(e) => {
+				tracing::error!("try_recv invoked while being mutated: {}", e);
+				return Ok(None);
+			},
+			Ok(x) => x.clone(),
+		};
+		if *self.content.borrow() != cur {
+			match self.seen.try_write() {
+				Err(e) => {
+					tracing::error!("try_recv mutating while being mutated: {}", e);
+					return Ok(None);
+				},
+				Ok(mut w) => {
+					*w = self.content.borrow().clone();
+					// TODO it's not the whole buffer that changed
+					return Ok(Some(TextChange {
+						span: 0..cur.len(),
+						content: self.content.borrow().clone(),
+						after: "".to_string(),
+					}));
 				}
 
-	async fn recv(&self) -> Result<String, Error> {
+			}
-		Ok(self.content.borrow().clone())
+		}
+		return Ok(None);
+	}
+
+	async fn recv(&self) -> Result<TextChange, Error> {
+		self.poll().await?;
+		match self.try_recv()? {
+			Some(x) => Ok(x),
+			None => Err(crate::Error::Filler { message: "wtfff".into() }),
+		}
 	}
 
 	/// enqueue an opseq for processing

src/buffer/worker.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use tonic::{async_trait, Streaming};
 use woot::crdt::{Op, CRDT, TextEditor};
 use woot::woot::Woot;
 
+use crate::errors::IgnorableError;
 use crate::proto::{OperationRequest, RawOp};
 use crate::proto::buffer_client::BufferClient;
 use crate::api::controller::ControllerWorker;
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ pub(crate) struct BufferControllerWorker {
 }
 
 impl BufferControllerWorker {
-	pub fn new(uid: String, buffer: &str, path: &str) -> Self {
+	pub fn new(uid: String, path: &str) -> Self {
-		let (txt_tx, txt_rx) = watch::channel(buffer.to_string());
+		let (txt_tx, txt_rx) = watch::channel("".to_string());
 		let (op_tx, op_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
 		let (end_tx, end_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
 		let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ impl BufferControllerWorker {
 			operations: op_rx,
 			receiver: txt_rx,
 			sender: op_tx,
-			buffer: Woot::new(site_id, buffer), // TODO initialize with buffer!
+			buffer: Woot::new(site_id, ""), // TODO initialize with buffer!
 			path: path.to_string(),
 			stop: end_rx,
 			stop_control: end_tx,
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ impl BufferControllerWorker {
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
-impl ControllerWorker<String> for BufferControllerWorker {
+impl ControllerWorker<TextChange> for BufferControllerWorker {
 	type Controller = BufferController;
 	type Tx = BufferClient<Channel>;
 	type Rx = Streaming<RawOp>;
@@ -90,7 +91,9 @@ impl ControllerWorker<String> for BufferControllerWorker {
 				res = self.operations.recv() => match res {
 					None => break,
 					Some(change) => {
-						let span = &self.buffer.view()[change.span.clone()];
+						match self.buffer.view().get(change.span.clone()) {
+							None =>  tracing::error!("received illegal span from client"),
+							Some(span) => {
 								let diff = TextDiff::from_chars(span, &change.content);
 
 								let mut i = 0;
@@ -98,11 +101,19 @@ impl ControllerWorker<String> for BufferControllerWorker {
 								for diff in diff.iter_all_changes() {
 									match diff.tag() {
 										ChangeTag::Equal => i += 1,
-								ChangeTag::Delete => ops.push(self.buffer.delete(change.span.start + i).unwrap()),
+										ChangeTag::Delete => match self.buffer.delete(change.span.start + i) {
+											Ok(op) => ops.push(op),
+											Err(e) => tracing::error!("could not apply deletion: {}", e),
+										},
 										ChangeTag::Insert => {
 											for c in diff.value().chars() {
-										ops.push(self.buffer.insert(change.span.start + i, c).unwrap());
+												match self.buffer.insert(change.span.start + i, c) {
+													Ok(op) => {
+														ops.push(op);
 														i += 1;
+													},
+													Err(e) => tracing::error!("could not apply insertion: {}", e),
+												}
 											}
 										},
 									}
@@ -110,10 +121,14 @@ impl ControllerWorker<String> for BufferControllerWorker {
 
 								for op in ops {
 									match self.send_op(&mut tx, &op).await {
-								Ok(()) => self.buffer.merge(op),
 										Err(e) => tracing::error!("server refused to broadcast {}: {}", op, e),
+										Ok(()) => {
+											self.content.send(self.buffer.view()).unwrap_or_warn("could not send buffer update");
+										},
 									}
 								}
+							},
+						}
 					}
 				},
 
@@ -121,10 +136,12 @@ impl ControllerWorker<String> for BufferControllerWorker {
 				res = rx.message() => match res {
 					Err(_e) => break,
 					Ok(None) => break,
-					Ok(Some(change)) => {
+					Ok(Some(change)) => match serde_json::from_str::<Op>(&change.opseq) {
-						let op : Op = serde_json::from_str(&change.opseq).unwrap();
+						Ok(op) => {
 							self.buffer.merge(op);
-						self.content.send(self.buffer.view()).unwrap();
+							self.content.send(self.buffer.view()).unwrap_or_warn("could not send buffer update");
+						},
+						Err(e) => tracing::error!("could not deserialize operation from server: {}", e),
 					},
 				},
 			}

src/client.rs

@@ -132,11 +132,9 @@ impl Client {
 				path: path.to_string(), user: self.id.clone(), content: None
 			};
 
-			let content = client.sync(req.clone()).await?.into_inner().content;
-
 			let stream = client.attach(req).await?.into_inner();
 
-			let controller = BufferControllerWorker::new(self.id.clone(), &content, path);
+			let controller = BufferControllerWorker::new(self.id.clone(), path);
 			let handler = Arc::new(controller.subscribe());
 
 			let _path = path.to_string();