Crossposting: <https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/issues/312>

# coroutines

[venkat]

Crossposting: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/issues/312

[gildor]

What is difference of pipe from map?
https://kotlin.github.io/kotlinx.coroutines/kotlinx-coroutines-core/kotlinx.coroutines.experimental.channels/map.html

[gildor]

Of course, it’s lazy, but you can easily wrap channel + map/flatMap chain to lambda to make it lazy without drain

[venkat]

Pipe hooks up a ReceiveChannel to a downstream SendChannel without transformation (equal to a {it} map). map returns a ReceiveChannel so its more like the proposed transform coroutine, although without additional state capability like actor has (see discussion on the github issue).