> The default dispatcher for runBlocking coroutine, in particular, is confined to the invoker thr...

# coroutines

[louiscad]

The default dispatcher for runBlocking coroutine, in particular, is confined to the invoker thread

Is this still true? Isn't runBlocking now using DefaultDispatcher, which is equal to CommonPool on JVM/Android?

Quote from here, second paragraph, third sentence: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/blob/master/coroutines-guide.md#unconfined-vs-confined-dispatcher

[petersommerhoff]

@louiscad That's true for other coroutine builders but if you look at runBlocking, its default context is actually EmptyCoroutineContext so no dispatcher at all AFAICT, so works like Unconfined I guess. That's also why runBlocking keeps running in the main thread and not on something like a ForkJoinPool worker