Re: RFR[8238286]: 'Add new flatMap stream operation that is more amenable to pushing’

[Julia Boes]

Hi Anthony,
>
> Since short-circuiting sounds similar to a Subscriber cancelling its 
> Subscription, I believe it might be worthwhile to consider the Flow API.
> If the argument would be a `Flow.Processor<T, R>`, then the 
> implementation would publish instances of T to it, subscribe to 
> receive instances of R, and be able to short-circuit by cancelling its 
> Subscription.
>
> Disclaimer: I haven't actually prototyped this, but it makes sense at 
> first thought
>
Thanks for the suggestion. I refer to Paul's comments about why we don't 
consider short-circuiting at the moment but might do so at a later point.

Cheers,

Julia