Why can't 'kotlin.Result' be used as a return type?

问题

I've created a method, and the return is Result<R> in a class of MyClass<R>, but the error message is 'kotlin.Result' cannot be used as a return type

I've also looked into the Result source code for some hints; why is this so?

Test code (using v. 1.3-RC).

class MyClass<R>(val r:R){
    fun f():Result<R>{ // error here
        return Result.success(r)
    }
}

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    val s = Result.success(1)
    val m = MyClass(s)   
}

回答1:

From the Kotlin KEEP:

The rationale behind these limitations is that future versions of Kotlin may expand and/or change semantics of functions that return Result type and null-safety operators may change their semantics when used on values of Result type. In order to avoid breaking existing code in the future releases of Kotin and leave door open for those changes, the corresponding uses produce an error now. Exceptions to this rule are made for carefully-reviewed declarations in the standard library that are part of the Result type API itself.

Note: if you just want to experiment with the Result type you can bypass this limitation by supplying a Kotlin compiler argument -Xallow-result-return-type.

回答2:

android {
    kotlinOptions {
        freeCompilerArgs = ["-Xallow-result-return-type"]
    }
}

If you using android this solution for gradle

回答3:

If using maven:

<plugin>
    <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <jvmTarget>1.8</jvmTarget>
        <args>
            <arg>-Xallow-result-return-type</arg>
        </args>
    </configuration>
    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
    <version>${kotlin.version}</version>

If using gradle:

compileKotlin {
    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
    kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs = ["-Xallow-result-return-type"]


}
compileTestKotlin {
    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
    kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs = ["-Xallow-result-return-type"]
}

Source: http://rustyrazorblade.com/post/2018/2018-12-06-kotlin-result/

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52631827/why-cant-kotlin-result-be-used-as-a-return-type

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