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The `values()` method on an enum isn't actually a member of its companion object. (If it was, you wouldn't be able to define a new companion object, because there would already be one).

The <https://kotlinlang.org/docs/enum-classes.html#working-with-enum-constants|docs> describe it as a "synthetic method"

I think you actually can define your own `values()` method in the companion object, but it won't override the built-in one. `MyEnum.values()` will always resolve to the built-in method and will ignore the one in the companion object.

I'm guessing that <https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-11968|KT-11968> will provide a route to resolve this oddity in the language design, which presumably stems from Java interop

No problem, sorry it's not a more satisfying explanation

This is definitely one of Kotlin's rough edges