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[Smallville7123]

Int is a primative type right?

https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/kotlin-for-py/primitive-data-types-and-their-limitations.html

[Shawn]

Well, Int can be primitive but isn’t necessarily

[Shawn]

for most intents and purposes, Int and the other numeric types correspond to their boxed versions

[Shawn]

<http://kotlin.Int|kotlin.Int> -> java.lang.Integer

[Smallville7123]

basically im trying to determine if a paramater can be instanced or not

[Shawn]

can be instanced?

[Smallville7123]

with .javaClass.newInstance()