might sound like a completely silly question but w...

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[Afzal Najam]

might sound like a completely silly question but would there be some value in having an always in a when block? Like

when (something) {
  FIRST_CASE -> doThis()
  SECOND_CASE -> doThat()
  else -> doSomethingElse()
  always -> andAlwaysDoThis()
}

I mean, sure, we can just write the always part outside of the when block but not when it's an expression body.

Just wondering.

[Adam Powell]

This would be inconsistent in that when clauses are all mutually exclusive

[Afzal Najam]

Thanks! Yeah I knew it was a silly question :p

[CLOVIS]

Well, you can write :

when (something) {
   FIRST_CASE -> doThis()
   SECOND_CASE -> doThat()
   else -> doSomethingElse()
 }.also { andAlwaysDoThis() }

Which is almost the same length and probably as readable, and it can still be used in single-line functions

[Afzal Najam]

Oh nice, thanks @CLOVIS!