It seems every reference in Kotlin either extends ...
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Patrick Jackson
05/23/2019, 3:36 PMIt seems every reference in Kotlin either extends Any, or implements kotlin.Function. if there is a generic field is there any way to get the type of the function so it can be executed? Appears type data is erased and impossible to do anything like
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karelpeeters
05/23/2019, 3:46 PMIf you want "is a function" that's something like
x is Function0<*>karelpeeters
05/23/2019, 3:47 PMReturn type and argument types aren't recoverable in general.
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Ruckus
05/23/2019, 3:55 PMGenerics are indeed erased. It's an intentional decision, not a bug. If you need information about specific types, you'll need to pass along the appropriate class instance.
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Stephan Schroeder
05/23/2019, 3:57 PMcheck if you can use reified inline functions for whatever you’re doing. (there the type is accessible because it’s inlined)
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Patrick Jackson
05/23/2019, 4:45 PM@karelpeeters This is a multiplatform environment. Function0<> is a JVM class
Patrick Jackson
05/23/2019, 4:58 PMdoes not appear to be possible with out passing some other data, even with using reified @Stephan Schroeder It is possible to cast to a function type though. There are other ways of doing what I want to do, just want to really understand what kotlin is doing and limitations.