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Smart Casts and Type Checks (is / as)

You checked the shape of the value — why should you cast again? After x is String the Kotlin compiler remembers inside that branch: x is already a String, not Any. That is smart cast. It is the compiler being a good teammate: fewer noisy casts, fewer lies between checks and uses.

is — and the compiler believes you
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