`future {}` doesn’t return a deferred. It returns ...

# coroutines

[kingsley]

future {} doesn’t return a deferred. It returns a standard CompleteableFuture and await is simply an extension function on top of it

[kingsley]

But then you can always write a simple function to collapse all these into a single call.

Something like:

suspend fun awaitingFuture(block: () -> Unit) = future(block).await()

@rogeralsing here

[kingsley]

But this is what run is meant for

[rogeralsing]

and to be idiomatic, I should use the newer CompletableFuture in my Java API, not Future?

[kingsley]

Well. CompleteableFuture is only available Java8+. if it fits into your use case, then you should be good