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Hello all, I have a gradle question regarding kotlin sourceSets. I normally see definitions like `val commonMain by getting` , but in a compose template they’ve used `named("commonMain")`. Is one method preferred over the other? I notice that with the first approach, there is an `UNUSED_VARIABLE` warning, is that a reason to not use by getting?

they are equivalent.

<https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/kotlin_dsl.html#using_kotlin_delegated_properties>

If the source set is created outside of the build script you are configuring you can also use the <https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/kotlin_dsl.html#type-safe-accessors|generated Kotlin DSL accessor>

```kotlin {
  sourceSets {
    commonMain { // generated DSL accessor
    } 
  } 
}```
It can be convenient to use the delegated property when you want to re-use the variable, for example, creating a hierarchy

```      sourceSets {
         val commonMain by getting {}
         val commonTest by getting {}

         val nativeMain by creating { dependsOn(commonMain) }
         val nativeTest by creating { dependsOn(commonTest) }```
But yes, the ‘unused variable’ warning is annoying

cool thanks! So is `by getting` the recommended approach for multiplatform sourcesets?

no problem! I’m not sure if `by getting` is recommended per se, but it’s certainly more common in the documentation

It doesn't matter. It's more your level of tolerance for the extreme cuteness of the Kotlin DSL or not