You can actually do this in Kotlin: ``` fun <T&...

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[diesieben07]

You can actually do this in Kotlin:

fun <T> castUnsafe(input: Any?) = input as T
// later:
thisMethodHasNonNullParameter(castUnsafe(null))

Will compile and fail at runtime with IllegalArgumentException thrown from thisMethodHasNonNullParameter.

[ilya.gorbunov]

I wouldn't count on that. At some point it might become throwing right after returning from castUnsafe, see https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-8135

[diesieben07]

That makes sense, actually. Now that you mention it this sounds more and more like a bug