Given function: ```fun constructFlow() = flow { for(x in channel) emit(x) }``` Is there any practica...

# coroutines

[Circusmagnus]

Given function:

fun constructFlow() = flow { for(x in channel) emit(x) }

Is there any practical difference between

val someFlow = constructFlow()

and

val someFlow get() = constructFlow()

?

I do realize, that second version will call constructFlow on every access, while first one - only once. But since a flow is only a definition of what should happen after collection - isn`t it always the same?

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

no practical difference, definitely no difference in behavior

[ephemient]

if there's some external state like

fun constructFlow: Flow<Int> {
    var x = 0
    return flow { emit(++x) }
}

then they might behave differently, but in your case it looks like it would have the same effect either way

[Circusmagnus]

thanks 🙂