Can I declare an enum class that has the same name as one of its members in Kotlin. Example: ``` enu...

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[gsala]

Can I declare an enum class that has the same name as one of its members in Kotlin. Example:

enum class Potato(val a : Int) {
     Potato(3);
}

This is possible in Java but it seems like it's not allowed in Kotlin?

[Paul Woitaschek]

Looks like a bug

[diego-gomez-olvera]

edit: It was missing val, I found that it is unrelated to the question

[Paul Woitaschek]

Report it and use the default naming convention of enums : POTATO

[gsala]

I wish I could change it to match convention but I have to keep an API already in place and I was just trying to translate this enum to Kotlin

[sindrenm]

The error message states that it's not allowed, though?

Use of enum entry names as types is not allowed

Why it's not allowed I can't say for sure.

[gsala]

It only seems to be a problem with the constructor parameter.

enum class Potato{
     Potato;
}

this is allowed

[Paul Woitaschek]

The message is wrong

[Paul Woitaschek]

It's meant for sth like this I assume

[Paul Woitaschek]

enum class Vegetable { POTATO }
fun sth(t: Vegetable.POTATO) {}

[Paul Woitaschek]

File a bug 🙂

[gsala]

where do I file the bug @Paul Woitaschek?

[Paul Woitaschek]

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues