Right, in Java this would work because it does not...

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[jstuyts-squins]

Right, in Java this would work because it does not use an operator for equals(Any?). So if you do this, the compiler will pick equals(Value) because it is more specific:

val x = Value(1)
val y = Value(2)
println(x.equals(y))

But in Kotlin, the == operator is implemented using operator function equals(Any?), so it will not look for other functions. You can still use the same syntax as in Java though, and then it will work