asyncOperation(…).await()

seems to be natural as left-to-right order corresponds to the actual order of operations. The

await(…)

that is used in the current revision of coroutines KEEP is an artefact of the old convention and the legacy of other languages that have

await

keyword to be put at the front. As we are learning how to use Kotlin coroutines ourselves we are improving our samples. The updated KEEP for the next preview of Kotlin will also switch to

.await()

notation in its motivating examples.