I want to pass a parameter to a function (actually a super class constructor call), and this paramet...

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[Klitos Kyriacou]

I want to pass a parameter to a function (actually a super class constructor call), and this parameter is a complicated expression and I tried using run { ... }. However, run is overloaded as both an extension and non-extension function. Since the context includes an implicit "this" receiver, Kotlin favours calling the extension version. How can I force it to run the non-extension version?

[Klitos Kyriacou]

Found the answer: call kotlin.run instead of just run.

[ephemient]

Kotlin should always prefer calling a member function. what do you mean by "non-extension function"?

[Ruckus]

@ephemient In this case "non-extension" means it doesn't have a receiver, not that it isn't a member. https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/run.html