Access to the default parameter value for a function in Kotlin

Question

Is it possible to get the default parameter value for a default function from a function extension or elsewhere?

fun DieRoll.cheatRoll():Int = roll(min = max -1)

fun roll(min: Int = 1, max: Int = 6): Int = (min..max).rand()

Answer 1

No, It is Immpossible. Default values ​​are not available. They are simply contained in bridge-methodthe bytecode:

fun test(a: Int = 123) {
}

fun test2() {
    test()
    test(100)
}

Results in bytecode:

public final test(int arg0) { //(I)V
     <localVar:index=0 , name=this , desc=Lorg/guenhter/springboot/kt/Fun;, sig=null, start=L1, end=L2>
     <localVar:index=1 , name=a , desc=I, sig=null, start=L1, end=L2>

     L1 {
         return
     }
     L2 {
     }
 }

 public static bridge test$default(org.guenhter.springboot.kt.Fun arg0, int arg1, int arg2, java.lang.Object arg3) { //(Lorg/guenhter/springboot/kt/Fun;IILjava/lang/Object;)V
         iload2 // reference to arg2
         iconst_1
         iand
         ifeq L1
     L2 {
         bipush 123  // <-- THIS IS YOUR DEFAULT VALUE
         istore1 // reference to arg1
     }
     L1 {
         aload0 // reference to arg0
         iload1 // reference to arg1
         invokevirtual org/guenhter/springboot/kt/Fun test((I)V);
         return
     }
 }

 public final test2() { //()V
     <localVar:index=0 , name=this , desc=Lorg/guenhter/springboot/kt/Fun;, sig=null, start=L1, end=L2>

     L1 {
         aload0 // reference to self
         iconst_0
         iconst_1
         aconst_null
         invokestatic org/guenhter/springboot/kt/Fun test$default((Lorg/guenhter/springboot/kt/Fun;IILjava/lang/Object;)V);
     }
     L3 {
         aload0 // reference to self
         bipush 100
         invokevirtual org/guenhter/springboot/kt/Fun test((I)V);
     }
     L4 {
         return
     }
     L2 {
     }
 }

So, the best alternative for you would be to extract the default value into a constant:

private val DEFAULT_MIN = 1
private val DEFAULT_MAX = 1

fun DieRoll.cheatRoll():Int = roll(min = DEFAULT_MAX-1)

fun roll(min: Int = DEFAULT_MIN, max: Int = DEFAULT_MAX): Int = (min..max).rand()