Holy shit, Kotlin does not have package-private?! I thought Kotlin was just a bad mix of JS syntax and Java... but not supporting an essential feature of the VM is on a whole another level of bad.

As I'm writing in Python, where such feature isn't supported either: Why is this essential?

Kotlin is made so that absolute mental retards can use the jvm

Package private visibility was always a bit hacky even in Java tbh - especially since packages aren't hierarchical (an inherent Java design flaw IMHO.)

The modern, "nicer" way to do this would be for Kotlin to support the Java 9 module system, but that opens up a whole other can of worms...

Wait, aren't they package-private by default?