Do typealiases persist after compilation?
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steenooo
02/05/2020, 8:36 AMDo typealiases persist after compilation?
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satyan
02/05/2020, 8:42 AM🚫
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/type-aliases.html
Type aliases do not introduce new types. They are equivalent to the corresponding underlying types.
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steenooo
02/05/2020, 10:08 AMI meant if Im able to utilize them in a library I design
steenooo
02/05/2020, 10:10 AMWill the typealias be available for projects depending on this library, or do they only exist in one project
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Kristoffer Andersen
02/05/2020, 10:27 AMAs far as I know, the answer is yes. Type aliases are packed into the Kotlin Metadata that is shipped in the class files, and annotations on aliases cause a stub method, "<alias-name>$annotations" to be included as well, precisely for the purpose of persisting across compilation units.
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