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Hi guys, when using `StateFlow`  .E.g
```val uiState = MutableStateFlow(MyUiState.Empty)
uiState.value = MyUiState.Loading
uiState.update { MyUiState.Loading }```
What is the difference using `uiState.value`  and `uiState.update`

I think in this case there's no difference.

You can read or write `value` atomically, but if you want a read+write to be one atomic operation you can use `update`. So if you do `flow.value = flow.value + 1` there's a chance that you get the wrong result if another thread modifies `flow.value` at the same time. With `flow.update { it + 1 }` you're guaranteed that flow's value gets increased by 1.