Why is String with Int concatenation not symmetric ``` print kotlinlang #stdlib

Why is String with Int concatenation not symmetric...

holgerbrandl

06/07/2016, 11:32 AM

Why is String with Int concatenation not symmetric?

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println("test" + 1)
println( 1 + " test")

The second line is invalid code because String defines an generic plus

kotlin.String.plus

whereas Integer does not do so. This feels odd, especially since Java does both.

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