also another probably dumb question Fields cannot be declare kotlinlang #announcements

also another (probably dumb) question. "Fields can...

Andrew Gazelka

11/21/2018, 3:42 PM

also another (probably dumb) question. "Fields cannot be declared directly in Kotlin classes." umm... they can? I am confused

Andrew Gazelka

11/21/2018, 3:43 PM

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diesieben07

11/21/2018, 3:43 PM

That's a property, not a field.

diesieben07

11/21/2018, 3:44 PM

It is backed by a field, but it also has a getter.

Andrew Gazelka

11/21/2018, 3:45 PM

sindrenm

11/21/2018, 3:45 PM

Indeed. So with this code, you wouldn't be able to say

new SimpleCoreMain().test

from a Java file. At least not without

@JvmField

on the field/property.

sindrenm

11/21/2018, 3:45 PM

You'd be required to call

getTest()