Other than the obvious of passing it in as a param...
# coroutiness
sitepodmatt
02/14/2019, 4:24 AMOther than the obvious of passing it in as a parameter?
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gildor
02/14/2019, 4:34 AMIt also may be extension function of CorroutineScope (same as launch/async), but it depends on your use case
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sitepodmatt
02/14/2019, 5:00 AMbut a suspend function doesn't have access to the existing CoroutineScope (caller's) unless it's passed in?
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gildor
02/14/2019, 5:18 AMyes
gildor
02/14/2019, 5:19 AMThere are ways to implicitly connect to scope lifecycle (get Job from coroutineContext and set it as parent job) and just use GlobalScope
gildor
02/14/2019, 5:21 AMBut it’s more about your use case and semantics
gildor
02/14/2019, 5:22 AMMost obvious and flexible way: pass CoroutineScope as parameter to function, so this function can start new coroute (background one!) that explicitly connected to lifecycle of passed scope
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