So in the latest release, `launchInComposition` go...

# compose

[Vinay Gaba]

So in the latest release, launchInComposition got renamed to LaunchedTask . Eerily close to AsyncTask in name and functionally (not entirely true) 😆

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

@Composable fun <T> AsyncTask(block: suspend CoroutineScope.() -> T): Deferred<T> {
  val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
  return remember { scope.async(block) }
}

🧌

[Adam Powell]

I think you just wrote produceState but without the observable result 😄

[Adam Powell]

but yes, the similarity to AsyncTask is both understood and partially intentional - it may go through one more rename before we're done though since we seem to be converging on some other names for the effect APIs like SideEffect and DisposableEffect , and then it might make more sense for this to be LaunchedEffect

[Adam Powell]

the fun of alpha api churn 🙂

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

ApiEffect

[Se7eN]

EffectEffect

[Adam Powell]

There's something nice about being able to precisely refer to the family of functions