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also, how do you access a top-level variable outside a class when there is another one with the same name inside the function

If the variable package is `com.example.myvariables`, you can either `import com.example.myvariables.someVariable as anotherName` and use `anotherName` instead, or you can `import com.example.myvariables` and call `myvariables.someVariable` (that one won’t work if you are in the same package), or you can call directly `com.example.myvariables.someVariable`

tl;dr: use fully qualified name for the variable

that is necessary even if they are in the same file?

You can use import aliases to simplify the access, but afaik there is no other way, e.g.:
`import &lt;very long name&gt; as &lt;short name&gt;`

ok, but there is nothing like `this` in classes?

wait, so how do I access top-level variables in the same file if they are shadowed by a local variable?

```
package test.a

val a = 1
class Test(val a: String) { fun test() { println(test.a.a) } }

fun main() {
    val test = Test("a")
    test.test()
}

&gt;&gt; 1
```


Something like this.