Afaik compose is compatible with kotlin 1.5.10. Wh...
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Paul Woitaschek
08/03/2021, 4:56 AMAfaik compose is compatible with kotlin 1.5.10. What if a library is compiled against 1.5.20. Will that cause an incompatibility?
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itnoles
08/03/2021, 4:59 AMYes
itnoles
08/03/2021, 5:00 AMRight now, it ties with the specific Kotlin version. I think ABI does change too.
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ephemient
08/03/2021, 5:00 AMdepends on the platform
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Paul Woitaschek
08/03/2021, 5:01 AMSo on android I can't use any library that uses kotlin > 1.5.20?
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ephemient
08/03/2021, 5:01 AMCompose needs a specific compiler version, but library ABI is stable across major Kotlin releases on JVM
ephemient
08/03/2021, 5:01 AMso yes, you can
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Paul Woitaschek
08/03/2021, 5:01 AMAh good that makes things easier, thanks
Paul Woitaschek
08/03/2021, 5:02 AMBut as newer kotlin versions introduce new functions I'd need to decouple my kotlin compiler version from my kotlin std lib version?
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ephemient
08/03/2021, 5:03 AMshouldn't be happening in minor releases (except for
@ExperimentalStdlibApiephemient
08/03/2021, 5:04 AMmay help to think of it the other way around: if you're building a library with compose using Kotlin 1.5.10, it should still run in an app using Kotlin 1.6
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Paul Woitaschek
08/03/2021, 5:08 AMI'm building an internal multiplatform library and it's used by android so it's the other way round
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ephemient
08/03/2021, 5:10 AMdoesn't particularly matter which way around it is: newer stdlibs are expected to be compatible with code compiled with older Kotlin in general, regardless of compose
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Vinay Gaba
08/03/2021, 5:21 AMFwiw, 1.5.20 support is expected to come soon (hopefully next week)
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Albert Chang
08/03/2021, 6:24 AM4 Views