Remove overly clever/unnecessary Observer logic

src/extension.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { checkForRls, ensureToolchain, rustupUpdate } from './rustup';
 import { startSpinner, stopSpinner } from './spinner';
 import { activateTaskProvider, Execution, runRlsCommand } from './tasks';
 import { withWsl } from './utils/child_process';
-import { Observable, Observer } from './utils/observable';
+import { Observable } from './utils/observable';
 import { nearestParentWorkspace } from './utils/workspace';
 import { uriWindowsToWsl, uriWslToWindows } from './utils/wslpath';
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export async function deactivate() {
 }
 
 /** Tracks dynamically updated progress for the active client workspace for UI purposes. */
-const progressObserver: Observer<{ message: string } | null> = new Observer();
+let progressObserver: Disposable | undefined;
 
 function onDidChangeActiveTextEditor(editor: TextEditor | undefined) {
   if (!editor || !editor.document) {
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ function onDidChangeActiveTextEditor(editor: TextEditor | undefined) {
     }
   };
 
-  progressObserver.bind(activeWorkspace.progress, updateProgress);
+  if (progressObserver) {
+    progressObserver.dispose();
+  }
+  progressObserver = activeWorkspace.progress.observe(updateProgress);
   // Update UI ourselves immediately and don't wait for value update callbacks
   updateProgress(activeWorkspace.progress.value);
 }

src/utils/observable.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Disposable } from 'vscode';
+
 /**
  * A wrapper around a value of type `T` that can be subscribed to whenever the
  * underlying value changes.
@@ -24,46 +26,9 @@ export class Observable<T> {
    * changes.
    * @returns a function that unregisters the listener when called.
    */
-  public observe(fn: (arg: T) => void): () => void {
+  public observe(fn: (arg: T) => void): Disposable {
     this._listeners.add(fn);
 
-    return () => this._listeners.delete(fn);
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Capable of observing an `Observable<T>` type.
- *
- * Convenient when using a single observer that potentially binds multiple times
- * to different observables, where it automatically unregisters from previous
- * observables.
- */
-// tslint:disable-next-line: max-classes-per-file
-export class Observer<T> {
-  private _observable?: Observable<T>;
-  private _stopObserving?: () => void;
-  /** Returns the current value of a bound observable, if there is one. */
-  get value() {
-    return this._observable && this._observable.value;
-  }
-  /**
-   * Binds to an observable value, along with the provided listener that's
-   * called whenever the underlying value changes.
-   */
-  public bind(observable: Observable<T>, handler: (arg: T) => void) {
-    this.stop();
-
-    this._observable = observable;
-    this._stopObserving = observable.observe(handler);
-  }
-  /** Unbinds from the observable, deregistering the previously bound callback. */
-  public stop() {
-    if (this._stopObserving) {
-      this._stopObserving();
-      delete this._stopObserving;
-    }
-    if (this._observable) {
-      delete this._observable;
-    }
+    return { dispose: () => this._listeners.delete(fn) };
   }
 }