I'm trying the new k2 compiler with the 2.0 beta version. Trying to compile a .kt file with an stdli...

# k2-adopters

[jdiaz]

I'm trying the new k2 compiler with the 2.0 beta version. Trying to compile a .kt file with an stdlib call and it is asking for kotlin-home. Should it be asking for that when I'm using the compiler-embeddable dependency? Adding kotlin-home it works perfectly though

[Javier]

What is kotlin-home

[jdiaz]

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/compiler-reference.html#kotlin-home-path

[jdiaz]

As tl;dr I'm using embeddable compiler to compile a file with println("Hello") and it is failing to find stdlib

[tapchicoma]

yes, it should ask as we are not bundling kotlin-stdlib inside embeddable compiler

[tapchicoma]

though it is weird that only with 2.0-Beta version you started to see this

[jdiaz]

Is there a way to not need this, or have this home in the classpath or something?

[tapchicoma]

Do you run kotlinc from command line?

[jdiaz]

I'm doing it from inside a kotlin application

[jdiaz]

val arguments = K2JVMCompilerArguments().apply {
            freeArgs = listFilesToCompile(project, target).map { it.absolutePath }
            classpath = project.classPath(target)
            kotlinHome = "/path/to/kotlin"
            destination = project.folder.resolve("build").resolve(target.name.lowercase()).absolutePathString()
            disableDefaultScriptingPlugin = true
        }
val code = compiler.exec(PrintingMessageCollector(System.out, MessageRenderer.PLAIN_FULL_PATHS, true), Services.EMPTY, arguments)

[jdiaz]

Like that

[tapchicoma]

KGP always adds -no-stdlib and -no-reflect compiler options. And passes actual stdlib via classpath

[jdiaz]

Actually that makes more sense, will do that!

[jdiaz]

Thanks thanks

[tapchicoma]

I am curious - what is your use-case for invoking such way Kotlin compiler?

[jdiaz]

I'm playing around a custom build system with a twist on dependency management

[jdiaz]

Nothing serious at the moment, but I think gradle has become way too complicated and maven is way too verbose