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kotlin-stdlib / kotlin.contracts / ReturnsNotNull

ReturnsNotNull

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@ExperimentalContracts interface ReturnsNotNull : 
    SimpleEffect

Describes a situation when a function returns normally with any non-null return value.

See Also

ContractBuilder.returnsNotNull

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