Why do inline classes do implement toString using the wrapper and not just the value. E.g. in ```@J...

# stdlib

[holgerbrandl]

Why do inline classes do implement toString using the wrapper and not just the value. E.g. in

@JvmInline
value class Area(val name: String)

"Area(name=foo)" instead of "foo". Aren't they meant to provide just some typesafe wrapper while inline the value whenever possible?

[asdf asdf]

It does still inline the value, value classes generate a static toString/hashCode/equals which takes the wrapped value as a parameter.

[asdf asdf]

Looks like this:

[nkiesel]

I would agree that a return value.toString() might be a better choice for value classes

[ephemient]

I disagree. even if it uses the same underlying representation, a value class is a separate type

[marcinmoskala]

That is why in Python there is separate str and repr 😛
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/str-vs-repr-in-python/