Is there a method to fully drain a `Channel`?

# coroutines

[reactormonk]

Is there a method to fully drain a Channel?

[kevin.cianfarini]

What do you mean by drain?

[reactormonk]

Empty it of all elements. I want to reset it.

[jw]

While true, try receive, break on no element

[reactormonk]

while (requests.tryReceive().isSuccess) {
            Log.d(TAG, "Dropped a request")
        }

Now can I access the request dropped? 😄

[kevin.cianfarini]

private fun <T> RecieveChannel<T>.drain() {
  var hasElements = true
  while (hasElements) {
    hasElements = tryRecieve().isSuccess
  }
}

[kevin.cianfarini]

yes you have to unwrap the result with something like getOrThrow or getOrNull or getOrElse.

[Joel Denke]

Could use toList as well. Which consume all current elements and return into a list. Not sure if wanted in this case

[jw]

That would block until the channel is closed. Also cause a bunch of allocations

[reactormonk]

Decided to just throw everything away instead of resetting, certainly cleaner ^^