Variable args ... (three dots) for the language

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Any plans to implement variable args in Kotlin which could be used in place of arrays.

For ex: @RequestMapping (method=) from Spring MVC accepts array.

In Java, you could simply do @RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.POST)

In Kotlin, only way to do it is @RequestMapping(method=arrayOf(RequestMethod.POST))

Wouldn’t it be nice to do it Java way for this?

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Note that variable arguments is part of the language, not with 3 dots but with the vararg keyword, see https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/functions.html#variable-number-of-arguments-varargs

Existing arrays can be used as a parameter by using the spread operator *, see the same link.

The case that hasn’t been covered is your annotation example for which there is an issue in the tracker https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-10063

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Thanks for the response.