is there an easy way to synchronize a suspend func...
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Gta
12/04/2018, 2:57 PMis there an easy way to synchronize a suspend function ?
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andi
12/04/2018, 3:18 PMHi, synchronize in a way so that the function is only executed once at every given point in time? Check this out and the other sections: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/blob/master/docs/shared-mutable-state-and-concurrency.md#actors
We use actors for such cases for now
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kevinherron
12/04/2018, 3:28 PMthere's a coroutines aware`Mutex`:
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val mutex = Mutex()
suspend fun foo() = mutex.withLock { ... }g
gildor
12/04/2018, 4:01 PMWhat is your use case? Usually better (easier to use, less error-prone) to use actor for that
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Gta
12/06/2018, 1:51 PMMy usecase was exactly like @andi said but I used Mutex. I will checkout actor then 😉 Thx guys.
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kevinherron
12/07/2018, 12:51 AMactor is overkill if mutex will suffice. actor is also deprecated/experimental API. (don't get me wrong, i really like actor, especially what the new typed actor stuff is shaping up to be, but it's overkill for some cases)
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