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Kotlin 1.8.21

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Kotlin·3 years ago · Apr 25, 2023, 07:40 AMFixAI-assisted summary

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Fix native compilation failures (dynamic/static libs, suspend function lowering, commonizer CInterop) and KJS errors (StackOverflow, module resolution with useEsModules).
Resolve KAPT runtime exception and serialization NullPointerException issues, including @Contextual generic types and missing serializers for Java types.
Update Maven and Gradle plugins to handle source module declarations and class accessibility after upgrading to Kotlin 1.8.20/1.8.21.

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