this seems to be better suited for here.

# language-evolution

[christophsturm]

this seems to be better suited for here.

[uli]

like in swift, where enum values are resolved against the infered type:

let myEnum: MyEnum = .myEnumValue

[christophsturm]

or in ruby ["abC","cdE"].map(&:downcase)

[christophsturm]

but thats more related to listOf("aaa", "bbb").map(String::toLowerCase) where String can also be infered.

[elizarov]

In Kotlin ::id is a reference to a top-level function named id without a receiver. For resolving against the inferred type there's a separate issue: KT-16768 Context-sensitive resolution (Resolve unqualified enum constants based on expected type)

[uli]

You are certainly right

[christophsturm]

it would be really great if there was a short form for methods or fields of a known class.