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mike_hearn on May 19, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Learn Kotlin in Y Minutes

Because "to" isn't actually syntax at all. It's an infix function that creates a Pair. You can alt-click it in the IDE to go to the definition.

shallot_router on May 19, 2017 [–]

`->` in Scala is also just a method, but I think it's fair to call such things syntax even if they're not true "baked-in" language syntax.

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