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<https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/how-to-default-null-values-on-a-data-class/26466|How to default null values on a data class?>
I have the following class with a default value for the property name.
data class Location constructor(
    val lat: Double,
    val lon: Double,
    val name: String = ""
)

Fine. If I call the constructor without passing a value for name, it initializes properly with the empty string but…
Not fine, it gets called with the argument null by a deserialization framework (and maybe other frameworks).
If I make the constructor parameter nullable and not a val, I can’t make it a data class so I...