Main executable produces new images indefinitely.

Cargo.lock

@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "670ad68c9088c2a963aaa298cb369688cf3f9465ce5e2d4ca10e6e0098a1ce73"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+ "time",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "2.33.3"
@@ -518,6 +531,7 @@ checksum = "0ab1bc2a289d34bd04a330323ac98a1b4bc82c9d9fcb1e66b63caa84da26b575"
 name = "physarum"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
  "criterion",
  "image",
  "indicatif",
@@ -832,6 +846,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "weezl",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.1.43"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ca8a50ef2360fbd1eeb0ecd46795a87a19024eb4b53c5dc916ca1fd95fe62438"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinytemplate"
 version = "1.2.0"

Cargo.toml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ authors = ["mindv0rtex <mindv0rtex@users.noreply.github.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
+chrono = "0.4"
 image = "0.23"
 indicatif = "0.15"
 itertools = "0.10"

src/main.rs

@@ -1,29 +1,36 @@
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 use physarum::model;
 use rand::Rng;
 
 fn main() {
     let n_iterations = 400;
-    let pb = ProgressBar::new(n_iterations);
-    pb.set_style(
-        ProgressStyle::default_bar()
-            .template(
-                "{spinner:.green} [{elapsed_precise}] [{bar:40.cyan/blue}] {pos}/{len} ({eta})",
-            )
-            .progress_chars("#>-"),
-    );
-
     let (width, height) = (1024, 1024);
     let n_particles = 1 << 22;
     let diffusivity = 1;
-    let n_populations = 1 + rand::thread_rng().gen_range(1..4);
-    let mut model = model::Model::new(width, height, n_particles, n_populations, diffusivity);
-    model.print_configurations();
+    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
 
-    for i in 0..n_iterations {
-        model.step();
-        pb.set_position(i);
+    loop {
+        let pb = ProgressBar::new(n_iterations);
+        pb.set_style(
+            ProgressStyle::default_bar()
+                .template(
+                    "{spinner:.green} [{elapsed_precise}] [{bar:40.cyan/blue}] {pos}/{len} ({eta})",
+                )
+                .progress_chars("#>-"),
+        );
+
+        let n_populations = 1 + rng.gen_range(1..4);
+        let mut model = model::Model::new(width, height, n_particles, n_populations, diffusivity);
+        model.print_configurations();
+
+        for i in 0..n_iterations {
+            model.step();
+            pb.set_position(i);
+        }
+        pb.finish();
+
+        let now: DateTime<Utc> = Utc::now();
+        model.save_to_image(format!("out_{}.png", now.timestamp()).as_str());
     }
-    pb.finish_with_message("Finished!");
-    model.save_to_image("out.png");
 }