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```/**
 * Returns a string representation of the object. Can be called with a null receiver, in which case
 * it returns the string "null".
 */
public fun Any?.toString(): String```
Is there a version of Any?.toString() that would return an empty string instead of the "null" when called with a null neceiver?

or does it make more sense to just do something like ...
```myOptional?.toString() ?: ""```

IMO it makes more sense to be explicit about your intention and either use elvis operator with the fallback case as you wrote, or utilize `String?.orEmpty()` extension, which would result in exactly the same. Example:
`myOptional?.toString().orEmpty()`

You could create your own
```fun Any?.toStringOrEmpty() =
    this?.toString().orEmpty()```

Also, be careful of places where `toString()` is called implicitly, such as `println(x)`.