I have a

lateinit

in an

object

object offscreenPass {
        ...
        lateinit var commandBuffer: VkCommandBuffer

But whenever I try to query if it has been initialized

if (offscreenPass::commandBuffer.isInitialized)

, I get

Backing field of 'lateinit var commandBuffer: VkCommandBuffer' is not accessible at this point

You can only call

::isInitialized

inside that object, where the backing field of that lateinit is accessible.

why is that?