A non-nullable property returns null when backed by a map

Language Design
1

As the title says, I’m able to return null from a non-nullable property that’s backed by a map, where the map has a default null value.

class MyItem {
    val name: String = ""
}

class MyClass {
    val map = mutableMapOf<String, Any?>().withDefault { null }
    var item: MyItem by map
}

MyClass().item // returns null, but 'item' is non-nullable
MyClass()?.item // the IDE says '?' isn't necessary

I’m wondering if this is an expected behaviour in Kotlin.

2

It is a bug: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-27498

3

Got it. Thank you.