consume

Opens subscription to this BroadcastChannel and makes sure that the given block consumes all elements from it by always invoking cancel after the execution of the block.

Note: This API will become obsolete in future updates with introduction of lazy asynchronous streams. See issue #254.


inline fun <E, R> ReceiveChannel<E>.consume(block: ReceiveChannel<E>.() -> R): R

Makes sure that the given block consumes all elements from the given channel by always invoking cancel after the execution of the block.

The operation is terminal.

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