I am thinking about writing actors library, do you...

# coroutines

[oshai]

I am thinking about writing actors library, do you think it is required?

[oshai]

My motivation is this ticket: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/issues/87

[oshai]

Or is it something JetBrains are working on?

[Dominaezzz]

Although the issue may not make it very clear, if you look at the documentation for actor https://kotlin.github.io/kotlinx.coroutines/kotlinx-coroutines-core/kotlinx.coroutines.channels/actor.html at the bottom there is a note, saying they'll replace the function with something more complex. So they are indeed working on it.

[dave08]

See this branch https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/blob/actors-prototype/core/kotlinx-coroutines-core/src/test/kotlin/kotlinx/coroutines/experimental/actors/CrawlerExample.kt

[kevinherron]

@dave08 I think that branch is obsoleted by this one: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/commits/typed-actors

[kevinherron]

the typed actors stuff looks good so far. I’m looking forward to its inclusion after 1.0

[oshai]

ok