is there a difference between these two? apart from the latter being `suspend`ed ```mutableStateFlow...

# coroutines

[xxfast]

is there a difference between these two? apart from the latter being `suspend`ed

mutableStateFlow.value = newValue
mutableStateFlow.emit(newValue)

[ephemient]

the parent interface MutableSharedFlow does not have value, which is why emit() exists. but for MutableStateFlow the two have the same behavior. note that StateFlow will coalesce emissions regardless of which method you use

[Nandu]

I think there is a difference, .value works only in UI thread where as emit() is a suspend function and can work on the worker thread

[ephemient]

the implementation of MutableStateFlow.emit() is exactly value =. as in the question, they are identical aside from the suspend declaration (and because it doesn't contain any suspend points, there is no coroutine state machine involved)