Was stuff in `kotlin.io.path` removed in 1.6 ? These do not work anymore for me: `Path.readBytes()` ...

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[iari]

Was stuff in kotlin.io.path removed in 1.6 ?
These do not work anymore for me:
Path.readBytes()
Path.absolutePathString()
Path.writeBytes(ByteArray)
I can't find hints about it in changelogs

[Bart Kleijngeld]

I think you mean to import this one instead:

import java.nio.file.Path

Also, as I understand it it's a method on the instance, so you can't import readBytes like that, but should instantiate the Path(...) first and call the method on that.

[iari]

It worked in 1.5

[iari]

these are extension methods

[ephemient]

Bart, no. Paths is the static helper to access NIO paths, and readBytes is a Kotlin extension function

[ephemient]

https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.io.path/java.nio.file.-path/ they should still be there, but perhaps your project is somehow not configured for Java 7+ target?

[iari]

it was configured for java 8 before, now its java17

[Bart Kleijngeld]

Ah, okay. Learned something myself then 🙂

[ephemient]

what matters here is what Kotlin is targeting as that affects the default stdlib artifact it pulls in, unless you explicitly disable that or add a stdlib dependency yourself

[ephemient]

could this be related? https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-49564

[iari]

compileKotlin {
    kotlinOptions {
        freeCompilerArgs = listOf("-Xjsr305=strict")
        jvmTarget = "17"
    }

    dependsOn(compileSass.get())
}

Kotlin does target 17

[iari]

also this is part of the gradle

java.sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17

And @ephemient I doubt this has to do with it, I never get something like Unknown JVM target version

[Klitos Kyriacou]

It works on my machine (with IDEA 2021.3.2, Kotlin 1.6.10 and Java 17). Try invalidating caches and restarting.