Is there any difference between `runningFold` and `scan` methods in the Kotlin collections library?

Question

Comparing the pages for both methods scan and runningFold (from kotlin.collections), the two appear to be identical save for the name.

https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/scan.html

https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/running-fold.html

Answer 1

Apparently there is no difference, check this out:

runningFold() and runningReduce() are introduced as synonyms for scan() and scanReduce(). Such names are more consistent with the related functions fold() and reduce(). In the future, scan() will be available along with runningFold() since it’s a commonly known name for this operation. The experimental scanReduce(), however, will be deprecated and removed soon.

source: https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2020/05/1-4-m2-standard-library/