What's the benefit of using `lateinit` keyword whe...

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[KindRoacher]

What's the benefit of using lateinit keyword when one could just assign a null to an object and force NPE using !! operator? If lateinit object is not initialized, it will throw exception just the way null object would throw NPE. I don't understand what's the real benefit of using lateinit keyword beside not having perform null checks either using safe calls or double bang operators?