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title: "Type Erasure in Kotlin: Simplifying the Complex"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/type-erasure-in-kotlin-simplifying-the-complex-o9xpmynwv
source_url: https://proandroiddev.com/type-erasure-in-kotlin-simplifying-the-complex-e60de7ae3db1
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source: "ProAndroidDev"
published: 2024-05-15T00:04:45.838Z
updated: 2024-05-15T00:04:43.809Z
tags: ["java", "kotlin"]
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upvotes: 9
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# Type Erasure in Kotlin: Simplifying the Complex

**[ProAndroidDev](https://daily.dev/sources/pand)** · 3 min read · 9 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Explore the concept of type erasure in Kotlin and Java and why Kotlin supports it. Learn about the limitations of type erasure and how Kotlin addresses them using reified type parameters.

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