Haven't anyone created a ticket at <https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/KT> to allow to extract la...

# kotest

[SerVB]

Haven't anyone created a ticket at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/KT to allow to extract lambda outside the constructor parameters? It will be great to have such a feature for kotest: instead of

class MyTest : FreeSpec({
    // ...
})

it will be possible to write like

class MyTest : FreeSpec {
    // ...
}

[SerVB]

I've searched briefly by couldn't find.

[Mike]

The test Lambda is a parameter to the constructor, hence the syntax.

The only alternative is to use the init syntax, but personally, I think that's even less desirable.

[SerVB]

@Mike, yep, I want to use the constructor syntax, but without round brackets

[Mike]

Question. How will the compiler differentiate between constructor and class definition without the parenthesis? And how much impact will it have on performance if it can?

Still never hurts to ask.

[Mike]

Hmmm, never mind. If it was a class definition, one would require class MyTest : FreeSpec() { . }

[SerVB]

How will the compiler differentiate between constructor and class definition without the parenthesis?

Just proposed the behavior in the ticket, thanks

[sam]

This would be amazing

[sam]

I voted