elo: add live leaderboard

Cargo.lock

@@ -172,6 +172,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06ba6d68e24814cb8de6bb986db8222d3a027d15872cabc0d18817bc3c0e4471"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.8.6"
@@ -415,6 +424,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "const_fn",
  "criterion",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
  "either",
  "indicatif",
  "nohash-hasher",

Cargo.toml

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ debug = true
 [dependencies]
 arrayvec = "0.7"
 const_fn = "0.4"
+crossbeam-channel = "0.5.14"
 either = "1.13"
 indicatif = { version = "0.17", features = [ "rayon" ] }
 nohash-hasher = "0.2"

src/elo.rs

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ impl PlayerArena {
             players: players
                 .into_iter()
                 .zip([EloRating::new()].into_iter().cycle())
+                // flatten tuple
                 .map(|((a, b), c)| (a, b, c))
                 .collect(),
         }
@@ -137,21 +138,53 @@ impl PlayerArena {
         // shuffle for consistency
         created_pairs.shuffle(&mut rand::rng());
 
-        // after the agents are created, we can multithread the games being played
+        let num = created_pairs.len();
-        created_pairs
+
-            .into_par_iter()
+        let (sender, receiver) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
-            .progress_with_style(
+
-                ProgressStyle::with_template("[{elapsed_precise}] {pos:>7}/{len:7} ETA: {eta}")
+        // Spawn parallel processing in a dedicated thread
-                    .expect("invalid ProgressStyle"),
+        let processing_thread = {
-            )
+            let sender = sender.clone();
-            .map(|((i, j), (p1, p2))| (i, j, Self::play_two_inner(p1, p2)))
+            std::thread::spawn(move || {
-            // TODO! is there some way in rayon to allow `self.process_outcome` to be run on the main thread
+                created_pairs
-            // as soon as Self::play_two_inner completes? This would allow maybe a live leaderboard to be displayed
+                    .into_par_iter()
-            // while players are playing
+                    .progress_with_style(
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                        ProgressStyle::with_template(
-            // collect and process the outcomes of all the games
+                            "[{elapsed_precise}] {pos:>7}/{len:7} ETA: {eta}",
-            .into_iter()
+                        )
-            .for_each(|(i, j, o)| self.process_outcome(i, j, &o));
+                        .expect("invalid ProgressStyle"),
+                    )
+                    .map(|((i, j), (p1, p2))| (i, j, Self::play_two_inner(p1, p2)))
+                    .for_each(|(i, j, o)| {
+                        sender.send((i, j, o)).expect("Failed to send result");
+                    });
+            })
+        };
+
+        // Immediately drop our copy of the sender so the channel closes properly
+        drop(sender);
+
+        // Process results on main thread as they arrive
+        let mut received_num = 0;
+        while let Ok((i, j, o)) = receiver.recv() {
+            self.process_outcome(i, j, &o);
+            received_num += 1;
+
+            // print the leaderboard every 5 steps
+            if received_num % 5 == 0 {
+                println!("{}", self);
+            }
+
+            // break if all pairs were recieved
+            if received_num == num {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Ensure parallel thread completes
+        processing_thread
+            .join()
+            .expect("Processing thread panicked");
     }
 
     fn prop_arena(&mut self, n: usize) {
@@ -191,7 +224,7 @@ impl PlayerArena {
             player_1,
             player_2,
             false,
-            Board::random(rand::random_range(3..8)),
+            Board::random(rand::random_range(3..=7)),
         )
         .loop_until_result();