Convert Pair constructor to 'to' function

Reports a Pair constructor invocation that can be replaced with a to() infix function call.

Explicit constructor invocations may add verbosity, especially if they are used multiple times. Replacing constructor calls with to() makes code easier to read and maintain.

Example:

  val countries = mapOf(
      Pair("France", "Paris"),
      Pair("Spain", "Madrid"),
      Pair("Germany", "Berlin")
  )

After the quick-fix is applied:

  val countries = mapOf(
      "France" to "Paris",
      "Spain" to "Madrid",
      "Germany" to "Berlin"
  )

Locating this inspection

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ConvertPairConstructorToToFunction

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Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection ConvertPairConstructorToToFunction

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025