# Any chance of implementing opaque type aliases?

**URL:** <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/any-chance-of-implementing-opaque-type-aliases/4145>\
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**Created:** [August 11, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/any-chance-of-implementing-opaque-type-aliases/4145 "2017-08-11T13:14:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![alanfo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@alanfo](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/alanfo)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/any-chance-of-implementing-opaque-type-aliases/4145/4 "2017-08-11T13:50:10Z")

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Having ‘distinct types’ as opposed to ‘typealiases’ is something which is being considered as a future feature using ‘inline classes’ as the vehicle.

Check out [this recent topic](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/implicit-conversions-between-type-aliases/3222) towards the end.

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