Compiling property without initializer depends on the way constructor is declared

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1

This code compiles fine despite of the property is not initialized.

class Test {
    var myProperty: Int  // OK
        set(value) {}

    constructor() {
        myProperty = 42
    }
}

I get a suggestion from IDE to convert this constructor to primary constructor. But when I do so, I get the error message.

class Test() {
    var myProperty: Int  // Error: Property must be initialized
        set(value) {}

    init {
        myProperty = 42
    }
}

But what is more strange is that after adding an empty constructor the code compiles again.

class Test {
    constructor()

    var myProperty: Int  // OK
        set(value) {}

    init {
        myProperty = 42
    }
}

Why does the compiler behaves differently depending on the way constructor is declared? I expect that code fragments above either all compile or none of them compile at all.

Iā€™m using Kotlin version 1.2.31

2

Looks like a bug to me.

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