The `KClass#hashCode` method uses the class simple...

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[Edoardo Luppi]

The KClass#hashCode method uses the class simple name

// TODO: use FQN
override fun hashCode(): Int = simpleName?.hashCode() ?: 0

I suppose it's better to avoid using it as of now, as we might have collisions

[Artem Kobzar]

What could we use in this case?

[Edoardo Luppi]

Seems like the TODO suggests the fully qualified name, but personally I have no idea if it's enough or not

[Artem Kobzar]

Yes, but as far as I remember, we don't save this information for runtime (because fqn are long, and they make the bundle heavier)

[Edoardo Luppi]

Yeah, the qualified name property is marked with a TODO()

[Edoardo Luppi]

For the couple of places I need this, I have manually typed the FQN.
No big deal

[Edoardo Luppi]

Probably some kind of compile-time warning could be emitted when using hashCode tho, just so the consumer is aware of the potential collision issue

[jw]

But that's always a possibility with hashCode anyway

[Edoardo Luppi]

But in this case the possibility is quite high, that's why I mentioned a warning

[jw]

It is, but hashCode is typically used in a polymorphic context where you've completely lost the original type. Or the hashCode usage is abstracted away such as in a map or set.