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Could we have `inline fun &lt;reified T : Any&gt; Any?.cast(): T = this as T` in the stdlib?
It's been in <https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/blob/master/core/util.runtime/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/addToStdlib.kt#L121|addToStdLib.kt> for a while but looks like it's now deprecated? Is there a fundamental reason this is not possible?

There is a reasoning <https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/blob/c5f519f7c73143705087bf05e8134d0ec583d43f/core/util.runtime/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/addToStdlib.kt#L104|described> in the same file
```Usage of this function is unsafe because it does not have native compiler support
This means that compiler won't report UNCHECKED_CAST, CAST_NEVER_SUCCEED or similar diagnostics in case of error cast (which can happen immediately or after some refactoring of class hierarchy)
Consider using regular `as` and `as?````

This is what I'm not getting. The function is doing the same thing as what I would normally do from my code. Am I missing on diagnostics when doing this myself?

And follow up question is could compiler support be added?

This function allow such code to be compiled without any warnings/errors
```"hello".as<Int>()```

&gt; And follow up question is could compiler support be added?
It could, but it's not on the table right now