```val bookmarks = repository.getAllBookmarkedArti...

# android

[Florian]

val bookmarks = repository.getAllBookmarkedArticles()
        .stateIn(viewModelScope, SharingStarted.Lazily, emptyList())

Is it bad to initialize with emptyList()? This is data from Room, hence it has no loading state

[okarm]

Nope, it's great.

What else would you want to have there?

[Florian]

I thought maybe we should use null, but then we have to handle nullability

[okarm]

Exactly, null brings only hassle, I avoid it whenever I can.

[Florian]

ok thank you

[Dominaezzz]

I sometimes use null if I want to differentiate between loading and empty.

[Florian]

I heard that before, thank you