is `x as String` essentially the same thing as doi...

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[Dalinar]

is x as String essentially the same thing as doing (x as String?)!! ?

[gildor]

I believe it will generate different bytecode

[gildor]

and also will throw different exception

[Dalinar]

ClassCastException ?

[gildor]

1.ClassCastException
2. KotlinNullPointerException

[gildor]

So because of this I would say this is not the same

[gildor]

Also you don’t have information about real class of x in second case