Is there a way to override a property getter so that the backing field is `const`? I.e. `(FooFeature...

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[Marc Knaup]

Is there a way to override a property getter so that the backing field is const?
I.e. (FooFeature as Feature).id uses the property getter and FooFeature.id uses the compile-time constant

[nanodeath]

I dunno, the val in Feature is implemented as a method...I don't think there's a way around that

[nanodeath]

you could make a separate const that id returns; JVM should inline it at runtime

[Big Chungus]

Not possible since const is only usable on companion objects and top level values

[Marc Knaup]

@nanodeath I want to avoid additional properties.

@Big Chungus const works on any object, not just companions.

[Big Chungus]

So even without the override you couldn't declare id as string

[Big Chungus]

Does it? Odd. I scould swear it wasn't working for me on class member props

[Big Chungus]

My bad

[Marc Knaup]

@Big Chungus yes, it doesn’t work with class but with object as there will only ever be a single instance.

[Big Chungus]

Ah, right. Missed the object