is there any way to inherit super class default co...

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[Andrew Gazelka]

is there any way to inherit super class default constructor values?

open class A(val a: String, val b: String = "hello")

class B(a: String, b: String, c: String) : A(a, b) {

}

in this scenario would it be possible to have b arg in class B have default value "hello" while being DRY?

[karelpeeters]

There's no nice way to do that I'm afraid.

[Czar]

companion object comes to mind, but yeah, nothing elegant as in inheritance, you still have to specify them.

[karelpeeters]

What would you do with a companion object?

[Andrew Gazelka]

@karelpeeters store the default values and then reference them

[Czar]

👆