we used to support both `fun lt T gt box` and `fun box lt T kotlinlang #language-proposals

we used to support both `fun <T> box` and `f...

yole

10/27/2016, 8:33 AM

we used to support both

fun <T> box

and

fun box<T>

but decided to allow only the former because a type parameter can be used as part of the extension function receiver type, and

fun T.box<T>

looks weird because you're referencing a name before you define it