Redundant backticks

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports redundant backticks in references.

Some of the Kotlin keywords are valid identifiers in Java, for example: in, object, is. If a Java library uses a Kotlin keyword for a method, you can still call the method escaping it with the backtick character (`), for example, foo.`is`(bar). Sometimes this escaping is redundant and can be safely omitted. The inspection discovers and reports such cases and is paired with the 'Remove redundant backticks' quick-fix, which allows you to amend the highlighted code.

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