I mean either way, there's really no difference po...
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alexcouch
08/26/2017, 6:05 PMI mean either way, there's really no difference post-compilation wise but it would be better to read and debug code imo
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karelpeeters
08/26/2017, 7:00 PMThey existed in Java before autoboxing was a thing, and they sticked around. Maybe they can be justified with performance reasons?
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alexcouch
08/27/2017, 12:14 AMNot sure, it just seems really silly to me tbh
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dmitry.petrov
08/27/2017, 4:29 AMOf cause there is a difference post-compilation wise. In Kotlin, as in Java, generics are erased. Thus it would require boxing, and yes, it affects performance (especially on Android).