:mega: The 1.8.0-RC release is here! Some highligh...

# coroutines

[Dmitry Khalanskiy [JB]]

📣 The 1.8.0-RC release is here!
Some highlights:
• Experimental Wasm/JS support;
• Atomicfu transformations are enabled for Kotlin/Native, and with them come footprint improvements;
• kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest times out after 60 seconds and not 10.
Details: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/releases/tag/1.8.0-RC

[kevin.cianfarini]

Atomicfu version is updated to 0.23.1, and Kotlin/Native atomic transformations are enabled, reducing the footprint of coroutine-heavy code (#3954).

Are there any benchmarks highlighting perf differences on Native?

[Charlie Tapping]

Can we expect a threads api for native soon so we don’t have to deal pthreads or c interop?

[Amejonah 1200]

https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/issues/3985

[Amejonah 1200]

Keep in mind of this issue!