They can't. The behavior is similar to `suspend` i...

# compose

[Adam Powell]

They can't. The behavior is similar to suspend in that they can only be called from other @Composable functions

[miha-x64]

This is inconsistent with language spec.

[Adam Powell]

We've been working with JetBrains on that part. The compose plugin is using a facility that allows compiler plugins to intercept method calls and do their own work there that permits this. It's a work in progress.

[Adam Powell]

We've got a bunch of posts coming explaining some more of the process of how we got here. As a starting point I agree with you, the bar for this sort of thing is extraordinarily high.

[romainguy]

And it's worth emphasizing what Adam said, that we are working very closely with JetBrains