Does anyone know if Coroutines plans at some point...
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rCorbellini
05/11/2018, 1:48 PMDoes anyone know if Coroutines plans at some point don't be a library? and become part of kotlin's core
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dknapp
05/11/2018, 1:49 PMNo. I have asked this in the #coroutines channel and the answer was that coroutines are too large to be included in the stdlib.
dknapp
05/11/2018, 1:50 PMI wish the basics would make it into the stdlib. An argument I hear for coroutines is that they are a “language feature” and not a library, but it’s not true.
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amanda.hinchman-dominguez
05/11/2018, 5:27 PMI think I have to admire the plethora of libraries available for kotlin that make suitable replacements for Java equivalents - we're growing fast but the fact Kotlin wants to make sure they get stdlib right says a lot.
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rCorbellini
05/11/2018, 6:33 PMI like the idea of separate libraries, but when you work using some patterns it weighs a lot when deciding whether or not to use coroutine in some layers of the project, if it were in stdlib you would not doubt