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'equals()' between objects of inconvertible types

Reports calls to equals() where the receiver and the argument are of incompatible primitive, enum, or string types.

While such a call might theoretically be useful, most likely it represents a bug.

Example:

5.equals("");

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

KotlinEqualsBetweenInconvertibleTypes
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Kotlin | Probable bugs

Availability

By default bundled with

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, Qodana for JVM 2024.1,

Can be installed with plugin

Kotlin, 241.18072-IJ

Last modified: 18 June 2024