In the same vein, what about ``` import javafx.scene.paint.Color as ColorFX ``` and ``` typealias Co...

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[Ruckus]

In the same vein, what about

import javafx.scene.paint.Color as ColorFX

and

typealias ColorFX as javafx.scene.paint.Color

[Pavlo Liapota]

The difference is that typealias is public by default and will be accessible outside of a file. So you may want to declare it private.
Also you can access typealias by a full qualified name, while named import by that name only.

[Pavlo Liapota]

But at runtime there should not be any difference.

[Ruckus]

Ah, indeed. Both are very good points. Thanks!

[dmcg]

Also it might be worth mentioning that in my experience, typealiases are the most reliable way to crash the Kotlin compiler, so use other techniques if I can

[Ruckus]

@dmcg I prefer to use complex hierarchies of nested generics 🙂

[dmcg]

Complex hierarchies of nested generic typealiases it is then