what’s the difference between applying `conflate` ...

# coroutines

[Kshitij Patil]

what’s the difference between applying conflate on Flow<T> and using StateFlow<T> ?

Also, why can’t I just get a StateFlow when I use map on existing StateFlow?

[streetsofboston]

Because map is already defined on a Flow and there it returns another Flow.
A StateFlow is Flow, and since we don't want to change the api of Flow, that means that map on a StateFlow must return a Flow as well.

You can create an extension method called something like mapWithState on a StateFlow to do what you want.

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

Roman explained why map on StateFlow doesn’t make sense here

[Kshitij Patil]

I do have the exact same use case you mentioned in the First comment there. Is there any problem with the approach you shared ?

IE, state.map{ }.stateIn(scope) ?

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

No problem with it, as long as you have a scope