```var result: Result<T>? = null // ... return result!!.getOrThrow() // Expression of type kot...

# announcements

[ribesg]

var result: Result<T>? = null
// ...
return result!!.getOrThrow() // Expression of type kotlin.Result cannot be used as a left operand of '!!'

What is that supposed to mean? Why do I have to write (result as Result<T>).getOrThrow() for it to compile?

[dmitriy.novozhilov]

That restriction will be removed in 1.4