`lateinit var a: String` makes it possible to have...

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[maciekjanusz]

lateinit var a: String makes it possible to have non-nullable type and yet allow for this edge case of it being null until properly assigned value AFTER construction

[louiscad]

maciekjanusz: But using var a = 0 can work too, avoiding autoboxing

[maciekjanusz]

that's beside the point of lateinit, you cannot use lateinit on properties with initializer

[maciekjanusz]

also, I have to correct my example, one cannot use lateinit with primitives also

[louiscad]

More accurately lateinit would be pointless if first init is not late, but in the initializer instead 😉