``` suspend fun addEvent(value: MsgType): Event { ...

# coroutines

[otakusenpai]

suspend fun addEvent(value: MsgType): Event {
    val eventChannel = Channel<Event>()
    var event: Event? = null

    log("joining", logMessages)
    if (value == MsgType.ping) {
        log("ping", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(PingEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.join) {
        log("join", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(JoinEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.normal) {
        log("normal", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(NormalEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.privmsg) {
        log("privmsg", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(PrivMsgEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.mode) {
        log("mode", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(ModeEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.notice) {
        log("notice", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(NoticeEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.special) {
        log("special", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(SpecialEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.namelist) {
        log("namelist", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(NameListEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.topic) {
        log("topic", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(TopicEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.topic_whotime) {
        log("whotime", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(TopicWhoTimeEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.quit) {
        log("quit", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(QuitEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.who) {
        log("who", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(WhoEvent(value) as Event)
    }
    else if (value == MsgType.end_of_who) {
        log("end of who", logMessages)
        eventChannel.send(EndOfWhoEvent(value) as Event)
    }

    log("receiving", logMessages)
    event = eventChannel.receive()

    log("received", logMessages)
    if(event == null)
        throw AghoraException("Error: In addEvent(value: MsgType): Event in " +
        " com.github.otakusenpai.aghora.irc: No implementation of MsgType ${value.toString()}")

    log("returning", logMessages)
    return event
}

Can anyone explain why this code isnt returning the value from the Channel ?

[otakusenpai]

[main] Connected!
[main] connected, launching
[main] inside if
[main] done running coroutine
[main] loop 1
[main] I'm now in Connect!
[main] Entering loop...
[main] Received data: :<http://verne.freenode.net|verne.freenode.net> NOTICE * :*** Looking up your hostname...
[main] I'm now in segragate!
[main] Inside if statement
[main] Loop 0
[main] In ctor
[main] First
[main] Second
[main] Third
[main] Fourth
[main] Assign
[main] if
[main] eventHandler
[main] joining
[main] notice

These are some helping printlines that i made to debug the source of the problem

[enleur]

wow.. replace it with when expression

[otakusenpai]

yeah i also tried tht

[otakusenpai]

i just added the log lines for debugging

[otakusenpai]

its not calling these 2 lines

log("receiving", logMessages)
event = eventChannel.receive()

[otakusenpai]

Are there any rules as to casting in a channel ?

[codyoss]

val eventChannel = Channel<Event>(1) fix the issue?

[gildor]

You also can have multiple expressions per when case, just use curly braces