So.. is it safe to use `runCatching` in coroutines for control flow? I gather it will catch Cancelat...

# coroutines

[ursus]

So.. is it safe to use runCatching in coroutines for control flow? I gather it will catch CancelationException as well. Won't that break stuff?

[Erik]

It depends, but in general I wouldn't use it, because you'll also catch CancellationException, which you usually don't want to catch by default

[Erik]

See an interesting discussion here: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/issues/1814
I commented there too, because I had the same question as you and I did some more research

[Oliver.O]

Does this help?
https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C1CFAFJSK/p1631901872095800?thread_ts=1631873158.088000&cid=C1CFAFJSK

[diego-gomez-olvera]

that is what I had in mind, I was wondering if there was some ‘standard’, but I can just write it and use it in my project. Thanks!