Is it bad to call a blocking function from inside ...
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Chris Cordero
08/10/2020, 11:48 PMIs it bad to call a blocking function from inside a coroutine?
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Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]
08/10/2020, 11:51 PMIf there’s a non-blocking version of the function, it’s better to use that. Otherwise, just make sure you’re on the IO dispatcher before calling blocking functions.
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Chris Cordero
08/10/2020, 11:53 PMHow is the IO dispatcher different from the default?
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Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]
08/10/2020, 11:54 PMRead the kdocs on them, they explain the difference.
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Chris Cordero
08/10/2020, 11:54 PMokay, thank you
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nanodeath
08/11/2020, 12:39 AMhttps://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/calling-blocking-code-in-coroutines/2368 I asked this question a while ago 🙂
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