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Why is `WindowSizeClass` not a `CompositionLocal`?

You can easily provide it yourself from your own Theme if you need it lower down in your hierarchy.

hmm yes, I could. I just was wondering why this was implemented in this way instead of providing it through CompositionLocal? :thinking_face:

I think <@U011HA9T9SA> worked on it? Maybe he has some background info on it?

There’s a bit of discussion back here: <https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/CJLTWPH7S/p1677359730475569>

There’s no technical limitation preventing providing it as a `CompositionLocal`, you definitely can.
The original concern against providing it in a `CompositionLocal` is that would make it too easy to use `WindowSizeClass` really deep in the tree, where it’d be better to have a more meaningful parameter or decision.

But admittedly `Configuration` is available as a `CompositionLocal` so it’s not really a new problem.
How many layers are you having to pass `WindowSizeClass` through, where it’s annoying to have to do so?