They behave as something between an object constru...

# compose

[Adam Powell]

They behave as something between an object constructor and update function, and they're basically always nouns

[napperley]

In the Kotlin Coding Conventions there is a exception for factory functions. Do the Compose functions act like factory functions?

[Adam Powell]

Yes, but in a rather special way since you don't get a reference to a backing object, and the system can choose to reuse/update an existing composable during a recomposition

[Adam Powell]

so yes, you can think of them sort of like a factory function that can memoize/reuse objects

[napperley]

In other words the Compose functions are similar enough to factory functions that the Camel Case convention makes sense.

[Adam Powell]

yep

[napperley]

That should be mentioned in the JetPack Compose FAQ.