It is useful when you model your domain with those algebraic data types. Kotlin has always been exhaustive in checking when expressions for sealed classes, enums, and Boolean types. This makes your code safer without having to introduce your own functions. Sealed when is a long-awaited feature that makes the Kotlin compiler warn you if your when statements are not exhaustive. We stabilized features from Kotlin 1.5.30 based on your feedback. Learn more about installing Kotlin 1.6.0.
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In this blog post, you can find an overview of the following updates: If you still haven’t tried these new features out, now is the time!
Thanks for the feedback you’ve shared with us. Other language and standard library features released in 1.5.30 became Stable as well. Kotlin 1.6.0 is now officially released with Stable exhaustive whens, Kover, and a new memory manager for Kotlin/Native.
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