# Upcast exposed internal properties to supertype

**URL:** <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/upcast-exposed-internal-properties-to-supertype/15004>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 12, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/upcast-exposed-internal-properties-to-supertype/15004 "2019-11-12T06:55:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![1blustone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/1blustone/32/6885_2.png) [@1blustone](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/1blustone)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/upcast-exposed-internal-properties-to-supertype/15004/2 "2019-11-12T07:24:34Z")

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This [has already been discussed here](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/property-with-different-public-signature-than-private/10590) and there is [an open issue for this](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-14663) (KT-14663).

At the moment, the second workaround:

```kotlin
val addressList: List<String> get() = _addressList

```

would (IMO) be more idiomatic than a function.

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