Exploring Kotlin's Smart Casts
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In this tutorial, we will explore the concept of smart casts in Kotlin. Smart casts allow us to automatically cast a variable to a more specific type based on certain conditions. This can greatly simplify our code and make it more readable and concise. We will cover the basics of smart casts, how to use them with type checks, the safe cast operator, using 'is' and '!' operators, smart casts in when expressions, limitations of smart casts, and finally, some tips on avoiding smart cast errors.