< natpryce> reification does but then you defeat it by creat kotlinlang #announcements

<@U0EACPP46>: reification does, but then you defea...

apatrida

12/30/2015, 9:32 PM

@natpryce: reification does, but then you defeat it by creating a

Class<T>

which is an erased type. so you delete it by doing that or

T::class

deletes the generics as well. That is a Java construct, one of the descendants of

Type

retains the information such as

ParameterizedType

but not

Class