`remove` returns the value of the entry removed or...

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[stkent]

remove returns the value of the entry removed or null if nothing was removed

[karelpeeters]

Put <K, V: Any> as the function's generic type to make V non-nullable.

[stkent]

Ah, I see, that's a result of <T, R : Any> Iterable<T>.mapNotNull?

[karelpeeters]

Yup, and on a higher level, it's really needed to guarantee mapNotNull can work as expected.

[karelpeeters]

Your function wouldn't work if someone calls it with a nullable type argument.

[stkent]

Makes sense!