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I was under the impression that `const val` can not be assigned any function calls, but as I found out from this SO question it's actually possible for some functions:
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44921746/what-can-be-expressed-in-a-compile-time-constant-const-val>

From the given answers, it's not completely clear to me what is the reason for that. Is it because these function calls are not actually translated to function calls by the compiler, but replaced for operators?

This is a common trend in language design, at first there are a couple of special cases, after a couple of years you can write your own `const fun`s. Give it some time :simple_smile:

but right now it seems there is a common denominator

it seems they are all in this file <https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/blob/master/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/constants/evaluate/OperationsMapGenerated.kt>