# Lazy initialization

**URL:** <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/lazy-initialization/712>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 6, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/lazy-initialization/712 "2013-11-06T13:30:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kiteRk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8797f3/32.png) [@kiteRk](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/kiteRk)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/lazy-initialization/712/1 "2013-11-06T13:30:34Z")

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There were some talks a couple of years ago (at habrahabr, in comments in kotlin article) about the possibility of lazy initialization in kotlin. Are you still planning to implement this idea?

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**Author:** ![abreslav](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/abreslav/32/8279_2.png) [@abreslav](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/abreslav)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/lazy-initialization/712/2 "2013-11-06T13:32:32Z")

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Check out this blog post: [http://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2013/06/kotlin-m5-3-idea-13-delegated-properties-and-more/](http://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2013/06/kotlin-m5-3-idea-13-delegated-properties-and-more/)