Hi everybody, I'd like to create a community power...

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[altavir]

Hi everybody, I'd like to create a community powered multiplatform version of the Java standard library. My aim is to create a library that is usable in the same way on every Kotlin backend. I've setted up the repository ( https://github.com/lamba92/kotlin-extra-library ). Any help is very much appreciated!
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[karelpeeters]

Well what do you want it to do? As far as I can tell there's no code yet.

[altavir]

Not my idea, I am only forwarding it. @Lamberto Basti wants to create a mpp library for some things missing from kotlin, but present in java. See this discussion: https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/would-it-make-sense-to-translate-whats-missing-of-the-java-standard-library-in-kotlin-common-code/11218/24

[altavir]

I can implement some things, but of course it won't make sense without broader community support.

[Lamberto Basti]

It has been created today so we are just starting. I want it to be community powered. Have a look at the issues as well.

[altavir]

I am not sure it will fly, but we won't know without trying.

[karelpeeters]

There's a similar project here: https://korlibs.soywiz.com/

[karelpeeters]

In particular take a look at kds.

[altavir]

Then it is probably better to contribute to it instead.

[altavir]

@Lamberto Basti korio has at least some file and stream operations.

[Lamberto Basti]

I'm having a look at it. It is definitely interesting but this library seems to aim for specific tasks like audio, graphics and more.
There is something really useful like sockets and date/time libraries but the rest is something that goes far beyond the purpose of the library I'm trying to build.

[karelpeeters]

Yeah I mostly mean the collection part. They have some cool stuff (like IntIntMap that avoids boxing) and all the usuals: Queue, Stack, ...