Why does Kotlin allow the following? ``` try { ...

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[Klitos Kyriacou]

Why does Kotlin allow the following?

try {
        foo()
    } catch (e: Exception) {
        //...
    } catch (e: RuntimeException) {
        //...
    }

The Java compiler rejects it because it knows that RuntimeException will never be caught as it appears after Exception. The Kotlin equivalent doesn't even trigger a warning in the IDE. Does the Kotlin plugin for IntelliJ IDEA have at least an option to turn on a warning for this?

[ephemient]

in general unreachable code is a warning, not an error, in Kotlin (different from Java)

[ephemient]

in this case it's a known issue though, https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-6069/Frontend-doesnt-detect-unreachable-catch-blocks