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Is there a reason why we can't pass a type as parameter directly, and instead have to use the `::` notation?
`fun foo(a: KClass) = ...`
`foo(String) // Illegal
foo(String::class) // Legal`

I know about reifed types that allow a simpler syntax, but my question is more about why it was made this way

It looks more Java-like this way, but apparently Scala did it the other way. I guess it's because it removes some ambiguity somewhere, but I don't see in which case it's a problem...

Because `String` would refer to its _companion object_ (if it had one :grinning:)

Oh. Yeah that was more obvious than I expected XD