Out of genuine curiosity, what is taking so long f...
# language-evolutions
Shaun Wild
05/21/2025, 5:17 PMOut of genuine curiosity, what is taking so long for this feature to be available? I feel like I've been waiting for years for it now.
Is there a place I can track its progress?
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Edoardo Luppi
05/21/2025, 5:55 PMI literally forgot this existed! This tells you everything lol
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Shaun Wild
05/21/2025, 7:00 PMHmm it does
Shaun Wild
05/21/2025, 7:00 PMIs this something forgotten by jetbrains?
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05/21/2025, 7:11 PMe
Edoardo Luppi
05/21/2025, 7:20 PMNot many usages of the experimental support.
https://github.com/search?q=%22%2BExplicitBackingFields%22&type=code
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efemoney
05/26/2025, 12:34 AM> Not many usages of the experimental support.
That will generate prerelease binaries so a non starter for majority of projects. I would focus on the votes on youtrack not how many (public) declarations there are on GH 🙂
(I, personally, am waiting for this to be stable)
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Edoardo Luppi
05/26/2025, 8:11 AMI would focus on the votes on youtrackDefinitely, but usages on the wild are also an indicator of how much people want a feature, generally speaking. This feature in particular has gone missing in action