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what benefits does `emptyList&lt;String&gt;()` have compared to `listOf&lt;String&gt;()`?
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<https://stackoverflow.com/a/48741539|https://stackoverflow.com/a/48741539>

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is this case for a class, a module, or a package?

this same object need to be in a class, a module, or a package?

I'm sorry, I still don't understand what you're asking. The instance returned by `emptyList` is a singleton, so there is only one. Not one per package, or one per module, or one per class, just one total.

`listOf<String>()` is an alias to `emptyList<String>()`:
`public inline fun <T> listOf(): List<T> = emptyList()`

So in practice there is no difference, they return exactly the same instance.

<@UMXTNACBY> where to see your code `public inline fun &lt;T&gt; listOf(): List&lt;T&gt; = emptyList()`. kotlin source code?

<https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/blob/master/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Collections.kt#L90-L95>

Or just hyperlink through to it in your IDE

good. have you read all kotlin source code? <@UMXTNACBY>

I don't think _anyone_ has read _all_ of the Kotlin source code! The way to check is to first go to the documentation. If you're not sure, just do a Google search like `site:<https://kotlinlang.org/api> listOf`  - then click on the relevant link, which takes you to <https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/list-of.html> and from there, click on the "source code" link.