Is there a pre-existing proposal for an `operator ...

# language-evolution

[Youssef Shoaib [MOD]]

Is there a pre-existing proposal for an operator fun componentN(i: Int) that would generalise component1, component2 etc? Or perhaps get should serve that purpose if it has one Int argument

[ephemient]

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-17147/Operator-componentN-for-unlimited-destructuring

[Klitos Kyriacou]

I wonder how difficult it would be to write a compiler plugin that would allow you to do something like:

@Destructurable
MyClass {
    fun component(index: Int) = TODO() // generates componentN() functions for 1-based index
    operator fun get(index: Int) = TODO() // generates componentN() functions for 0-based index if fun component() is not defined
}

[Klitos Kyriacou]

It would of course be temporary, pending resolution of the above issue.

[ephemient]

if Kotlin had typeclasses or structural types,

typeclass Indexed<E> {
    operator fun get(index: Int): E]
}
operator fun <E> Indexed<E>.component1(): E = get(0)
operator fun <E> Indexed<E>.component2(): E = get(1)
// etc.

would "just work" for existing types. I don't think it'll happen though