docs: Fix actor address retrieval example using send().await - #775
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This PR updates the documentation example for retrieving an actor's address via Context::address() to ensure the code functions as described and compiles correctly.
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Replaced do_send with send().await: The previous example used addr.do_send(WhoAmI{}). Because do_send fires off a message blindly and ignores the response, who_addr would not actually capture the requested address. Updating this to addr.send(WhoAmI {}).await correctly awaits the Future and captures the returned actix::Addr<MyActor>.
Added Actor initialization: Included let addr = MyActor.start(); before the message is sent. In the previous snippet, addr was used without being defined, which could confuse readers trying to implement the example.
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This PR updates the documentation example for retrieving an actor's address via Context::address() to ensure the code functions as described and compiles correctly.
Changes made:
Replaced do_send with send().await: The previous example used addr.do_send(WhoAmI{}). Because do_send fires off a message blindly and ignores the response, who_addr would not actually capture the requested address. Updating this to addr.send(WhoAmI {}).await correctly awaits the Future and captures the returned actix::Addr.
Added Actor initialization: Included let addr = MyActor.start(); before the message is sent. In the previous snippet, addr was used without being defined, which could confuse readers trying to implement the example.