Learning Concurrency in Kotlin

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates the name of variables, functions, classes, packages, files, and URLs. Here is an example: "The hcf() function will freeze the system."

A block of code is set as follows:

fun main(args: Array<String>) = runBlocking {    val time = measureTimeMillis { val name = async { getName() } val lastName = async { getLastName() } println("Hello, ${name.await()} ${lastName.await()}") }        println("Execution took $time ms")}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

fun main(args: Array<String>) = runBlocking {    val netDispatcher = newSingleThreadContext(name = "ServiceCall")