Hi guys, I think data classes should have builders...

# language-proposals

[nwh]

Hi guys, I think data classes should have builders generated automatically. Here are two ideas for the syntax that I've come up with, any feedback?

Person.new { // or 'of', 'create', 'build', etc.
  name = "John"
  age = 23
}

Person.new {
   override val name = "John"
   override val age = 23
}

The thread is over here, if you want to take a look: https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/automatically-generating-type-safe-builders-for-data-classes/