while trying to explain the difference `runBlockin...

# coroutines

[mayojava]

while trying to explain the difference runBlocking and coroutineScope in the coroutine docs, it says coroutineScope does not block the current thread while waiting for all its children to complete. Then an example was given that shows otherwise. coroutineScope actually blocks the thread that runBlocking was invoked from while waiting for its children to complete. Have I understood this the wrong way?

[enleur]

coroutineScope does not block a real thread, it suspends coroutine same as delay does

[Jonathan]

But runBlocking does block. So your thread was blocked by runBlocking, not by coroutineScope