Is there any way to use private functions on inlin...

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[pp.amorim]

Is there any way to use private functions on inlined functions? I know it does not make sense for the compiler, could be implemented any special visibility modifier for inline functions?

[diesieben07]

You can use internal in combination with @PublishedApi.

[pp.amorim]

Jimmy can call nukeWorld() anytime 😰

[diesieben07]

Sorry... what?

[pp.amorim]

it's a joke

[diesieben07]

Yes, I get that. But I don't get the context 😄

[Shawn]

lol if I had to guess they mean that someone might be able to access methods that really ought to be private just so as long as they’re calling it from Kotlin

[Shawn]

but I mean ultimately this confers a breach in encapsulation, whether you do it via annotation or if the compiler allows you to call private methods in an inlined function

[diesieben07]

It would not even work once compiled, since the function is still private, so it cannot actually be called from the callsite where the function is inlined to.

[pp.amorim]

it's ok to make the check on compile time

[diesieben07]

Question is: Why does the function have to be inline?

[pp.amorim]

because it has lambdas and are called very often

[diesieben07]

Okay. Then internal + @PublishedApi is the best you can do.

[pp.amorim]

thanks 😄