how do we use kotlin to declare a `new` type of a variable? so for instance, if i have this code: ``...

# javascript

[Hamza]

how do we use kotlin to declare a new type of a variable?
so for instance, if i have this code:

val discord = require("discord.js")
// how can i declare 
val bot = js("new discord.Client();")

without losing type safety, as the new keyword doesn’t exist. is it in the kotlinjs lib?
omitting the word throws an error

[jmhmccr]

https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C0B8L3U69/p1537569886000100?thread_ts=1537463091.000100&cid=C0B8L3U69

[jmhmccr]

You'd have to either create an "external" class for discord.Client or see if the discord package has Typescript information (maybe via "Definitely Typed") you can import via ts2kt: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/javascript/working-with-javascript.html#using-ts2kt-to-generate-header-files-for-kotlin

[jmhmccr]

Maybe this works too? https://github.com/discordjs/discord.js-typings

[Hamza]

alright, thanks. never knew about this.