I was having trouble accessing the companion object instance from Swift code. We could access it, bu...

# kotlin-native

[spierce7]

I was having trouble accessing the companion object instance from Swift code. We could access it, but had to create an instance of the companion object to do so, i.e. <Kotlin Class>.Companion().<companion function>(). Did we overlook something, or is this a known limitation?

[kpgalligan]

You have to do the same with regular top level objects. I assume under the hood the Companion() call returns a single instance if called multiple times, but will defer to others

[spierce7]

So Companion() is exposed as a function, not a class?

[Sam]

No. It is constructing an instance but the way ObjC memory allocation/initialization works, it is effectively a constructor that always returns the same instance.

[spierce7]

Cool, thanks

[kpgalligan]

Did a little test. Can confirm single instance

[spierce7]

cool thanks!