Hello,
I saw this comment “note that class objects are never inherited” here the Kotlin docs:
class D : C()
val d = D.create() // Error: no class object for D
I was a bit surprised by this and tried it out in Scala which revealed that class objects in Scala can also not inherited. For someone from the Smalltalk/Java camp this is a bit unusual. I understand that a class object can inherit from a different class than the class it is surrounded by. This is some additional expressiveness compared to class vars/methods aka static vars/methods.
But I still don’t really understand the rational behind not being able to inherit vars and methods defined in a class object. Searching the Internet didn’t reveal much that was insightful. Could someone drop me a hint what’s the reason for this?
Thanks, Oliver