Is it weird to have a non-suspending function that...

# coroutines

[Tianyu Zhu]

Is it weird to have a non-suspending function that takes a CoroutineScope and returns a Flow? e.g.,

fun CoroutineScope.getMyStuffs(): Flow<MyStuff>

[kevin.cianfarini]

This is what Flow.stateIn does

[jw]

It's a little weird. What is the scope used for? Why can't you use a scope within the flow collection?

[Patrick Steiger]

Agreed it’s weird, because this suggests something that could outlive the flow collection

Otherwise a scope limited to flow collector would look like

flow { 
  coroutineScope {
  }
}

Or channelFlow