Is there a way to user kotlinx serialization in a ...

# serialization

[Peter Vegh]

Is there a way to user kotlinx serialization in a foo.main.kts?

[Michael]

THeoretically but not the compiler plugin so @Serializable won't work

[Peter Vegh]

What's the closest solution I could use?

[Michael]

You can implement all serializers by yourself or use something like jackson

[Peter Vegh]

Ok. Is there an issue/KEEP about this I missed on my way?

[Michael]

not to my knowledge

[Michael]

Also don't think this will change, as only gradle is supported

[Peter Vegh]

Thanks for the input

[Dominaezzz]

Fwiw, there's a ticket for doing this outside gradle.

[Peter Vegh]

Do you have the url at hand?

[Dominaezzz]

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-42572

[Ben Woodworth]

If using a shebang is an option (and running with ./foo.main.kts in a terminal), this has worked nicely for me:
#!/usr/bin/env -S kotlinc -jvm-target 1.8 -script -Xplugin="${KOTLIN_HOME}/lib/kotlinx-serialization-compiler-plugin.jar" --