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Can anyone explain what `kotlin.native.ImmutableBlob` is and how to use it?

It's a compile time byte array. Think global `const char array[40];` from C.

What does it provide that one could not do with a `ByteArray` for instance? The name blob seems to suggest that it is designed to deal with *large* arrays, but then in which way does it help?

I'm also confused by the word "compile-time". Seems like you can create one anytime you want with `immutableBlobOf()`.

"compile time" was the wrong term. Global and static. iirc there are restrictions on where you can call `immutableBlobOf`.

I've never used it myself so. :shrug::skin-tone-3:

Yeah well compile-time is used in the documentation as well, so it's not your fault :smile: thanks a lot.

I have found this issue which adds some info: <https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-19787|https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-19787> seems like it was meant to be a hackish way to embed read-only resources into the final executable, but it's still not working well because compilation is very slow.