``` private val items : MutableList<String> by lazy { // a lot of init code }...

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[forcelain]

private val items : MutableList<String> by lazy {
        // a lot of init code
    }

how do I exclude my initialisation code into a separate function? I can think of creating something like

private val items : MutableList<String> by lazy {
        init()
}
fun init() : MutableList<String> {...}

but maybe there is more elegant way

[diesieben07]

You can use a function reference: by lazy(::myFunction)

[diesieben07]

Or in this case, by lazy(::init).

[forcelain]

nice, thanks

[forcelain]

but what if I need some params passed to the init func?

[diesieben07]

Then you need to actually call it

[forcelain]

ah, ok

[forcelain]

thanks anyway 🙂

[diesieben07]

You could use one of the existing FP libraries and then use curry. But I think that is a bit overkill here.