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Does anyone know if there is a way within the compiler apis to evaluate a KtExpression that does not require instantiating and bringing in the script-utils with the ScriptEngineFactory?

there's certain
```ConstantExpressionEvaluator.getConstant(expression: KtExpression, bindingContext: BindingContext): CompileTimeConstant&lt;*&gt;?```


I used it once when playing around with compile time strings, it not always works because of specifics of implementation :sweat_smile:

Oh, I meant
```ConstantExpressionEvaluator.evaluateExpression(
        expression: KtExpression,
        trace: BindingTrace,
        expectedType: KotlinType?
)\: CompileTimeConstant&lt;*&gt;?```

thanks!, tried that but couldn’t resolve symbols like “”.startsWith as it expects to be in the shape of a constant already and I’m trying to evaluate more complex expressions

That's what I meant when said it does not always work :)