Hello - will it ever be possible, within Intellij,...

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[Joseph D]

Hello - will it ever be possible, within Intellij, to decompile a Kotlin class and set a breakpoint? That is possible in Java. Thanks.

[Alexey Belkov [JB]]

Please vote for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-20321

[Vampire]

So the answer seems to be no, unless someone else comes up with a decompiler. 😞

[Alexey Belkov [JB]]

It's definitely not in the near-term plans, but the request is still valid.

[Vampire]

To have a class->Kotlin decompiler where you then can set breakpoints and step through?
That would be amazing, but I understood from the comments that there will be at most a class->Java decompiler for Kotlin classes.
Or do you mean that decompiled source will then be breakpointable / debuggable?

[Alexey Belkov [JB]]

Hm, I'm not sure actually. But before we have some decompiler, it's too early to worry about breakpoints anyway 🙂 Maybe this would be a follow-up feature.

[Vampire]

Actually sometimes there is a "Decompile to Java" action and sometimes not.
Do you know whent this is available an when not?

[Alexey Belkov [JB]]

You're right. From what I see, it's always available in the file header, at least for several files from Kotlin stdlib. I don't know when it won't show then. Maybe it's worth to file a separate bug report for such a case, if you know it.

[Vampire]

I don't know a specific case out of my mind right now, but afair there is an issue about it already.

[Joseph D]

to be honest I don't mind having .kt -> decompiled java where I can set breakpoints