@dalewking @fatjoe79 The whole confusion about property vs field is caused by the language reference article https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/properties.html that in 2020, 2 years after this discussion, has the same confusing reference to a “field” without telling if and what it really means in Kotlin language (comparing e.g. to a “field” in Java language).
And this is why I read this thread and don’t have any “authoritative” answer…
Maybe “field” is just a convenience reference similar to “it” ?!
But maybe this is still unclear for Kotlin language authors also?