language design question: ```interface MyInterface...

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[LastExceed]

language design question:

interface MyInterface<T> {} //interface declaration
class MyClass<T> : MyInterface<String> {} //class declaration and interface implementation
val x = MyClass<String>() //class construction
fun <T> foo() {} //function declaration
val y = foo<String>() //function call

type parameters are always specified after the name, except in the case of function declarations. why this inconsistency? why isnt the syntax for it like this

fun foo<T>() {}

to be consistent ?

[ilya.gorbunov]

The idea behing this syntax is that a type parameter should be declared before it is used in a declaration. In functions it can be used even before the function name in case of extension functions with generic receiver, e.g:
fun <T> T.foo(): T