We have `emltyList()` (…Set/Map) top-level functio...

# language-proposals

[igor.wojda]

We have emltyList() (…Set/Map) top-level functions, and I wonder shouldn’t there be an equivalent like emptyMutableList()?

[benleggiero]

I agree with this idea. Even if it's just a inline fun <T> emptyMutableList() = mutableListOf<T>(), it would be better for consistency and readability.

[Ruckus]

How is that any more readable than just mutableListOf() without any arguments?

[benleggiero]

Read it in English. "Let the variable 'x' be a mutable list of". What's in that list? It's unclear. Could be anything

[Ruckus]

I thought the point is that nothing is in that list? That seems pretty clear to me.