# Workers
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The workers library: an event-driven task management abstraction somewhat akin
to actors.


## API Documentation
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The API documentation is available online:
<https://tezos.gitlab.io/api/odoc/_html/tezos-workers/index.html>


## Overview
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The workers library provides local event loops so that different components of
the Octez software can be somewhat isolated. Each workers maintains its own
queue of tasks, which allows for more control over scheduling than with the
global Lwt scheduler.


## Implementation Details
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The library is made of a single compilation unit (`worker.ml`/`worker.mli`). The
bulk of it consists of types and signatures declaration, with a single functor
using them.