I'm working with https://kotlinlang.org/api/kotlinx.coroutines/kotlinx-coroutines-core/kotlinx.coroutines.channels/-receive-channel/receive-catching.html which returns a ChannelResult. ChannelResult can be either succesful result or a failure result. It seems like there are 2 types of failure results. • isClosed is set to true • isClosed is set to false and an exception is available from the https://kotlinlang.org/api/kotlinx.coroutines/kotlinx-coroutines-core/kotlinx.coroutines.channels/-channel-result/exception-or-null.html function My question is, for this operation, is it ever possible to get a failure result with isClosed set to false? Why would that ever happen?

From the KDoc of `receiveCatching`:

The result cannot be failed without being closed.

Ahh so that means it will never happen?

Yes.

ChannelResult

is used in other APIs, but in the case of

receiveCatching

this case will never happen