When converting java StringTokenizer to kotlin split I'm unable to supply a list of character delimiters:
val delim : Array<Char> = arrayOf('(',')','{','}','[',/*many more...*/)
sourceExpr.split(delimiters=*delim,ignoreCase=false,limit=0)
Here kotlin compiler for some reason is unable to disambiguate between split(vararg String,...) and split(vararg Char,...). Questions:
The issue isn't disambiguation but rather an incorrect type. In Kotlin, an Array<Char> is equivalent to a Java Character[]. That means that when you use *delim, you're actually creating a vararg Character (instead of vararg Char).
Instead, you should prefer the primitive-specific CharArray:
val delim: CharArray = charArrayOf('(', ')', '{', '}')
sourceExpr.split(delimiters = *delim, ignoreCase = false, limit = 0)