In 1.5 `capitalize()` is deprecated and I'm prompt...

# random

[rtsketo]

In 1.5 capitalize() is deprecated and I'm prompted to replaced it with

replaceFirstChar { if (it.isLowerCase())
    it.titlecase(Locale.getDefault()) else it.toString() })

How's that better? I guess I'll re-create the shortcut myself ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[danny]

Yeah, those were locale sensitive and lead to surprises. Unless you're dealing with actual locale sensitive capitalisation, you want Locale.ROOT and that's what the new functions use: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/whatsnew15.html#stable-locale-agnostic-api-for-upper-lowercasing-text

[elect]

you are not gonna be the only one

[rtsketo]

@danny I am aware of this, still there could be a warning instead of deprecation...

[gildor]

no, it shouldn’t be a warning, this function just shouldn’t exist in stdlib, because .capitilize() without explicit locale is dangerous in all cases