Why cant we see the implementation of kotlin native methods?

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When using Kotlin (JVM) in Intellij, I sometimes are wondering how some buildin methods are implemented.
However when I go to their defintion I only get this “compiled code” thing:

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Why is this? As kotlin has no native (e.g. x64 machine code) components why cant the source code be shown here?

NOTE: It seems like the go to definition jumps to a library version of a transitive dependency. But still, why cant the decompiler show me the code?

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Try downloading the source code, by doing one of the following:

  • Click the Download Sources button in the yellow message on the top.
  • Go to File | Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Build Tools | Maven | Importing and check Automatically download Sources.
  • Go to the pom.xml and select Maven | Download Sources.

EDIT: In the case you are using Gradle the process should be very similar.

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Those functions are provided as compiler intrinsics, generally because it is actually impossible to implement them without compiler magic.

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