Will we be able to use

actual inline class

to define

expect class

in the future? This to me seems like a prime use case of inline classes, as type aliases are not an option if there are tiny differences between the expected and actual type. I previously assumed that this is already possible, but it isn't, and I don't see a reason why it shouldn't be other than a bit of implementation complexity.

I've never tried it but can you do

expect inline class

?

Yes, but the

expect

declaration requires a primary constructor with a property parameter.

expect inline class Hello(val string: String)


actual inline class Hello(val del: Any) {
    actual constructor(string: String) : this(string as Any)
    actual val string: String get() = del.toString()
}


fun main() {
    val hello = Hello("5000")
    println(hello.string)
}