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Using `runFork` Inside Effects: Understanding the Difference

should

runFork

runFork

be used inside effects?
is it is in the docs

my understanding was to only using

run*

run*

functions at the edges of your program, and never within effects

although it looks like

runFork

runFork

is a bit different in that it spawns a new fiber and runs it immediately, where the normal

fork

fork

waits for the current fiber to yield or until

Fiber.join

Fiber.join

is called

If this is the case, and

runFork

runFork

can be used inside effects, maybe consider not putting it under

run*

run*

(confusing when the rest are very explictly not meant to be used in effects)

maybe like

forkNow

forkNow

forkAndRun

forkAndRun

A fully-fledged functional effect system for TypeScript with a rich standard library