From 83003e02cb7d7bac346b55c854683ca315d39530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vsevolod Tolstopyatov <qwwdfsad@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 05:06:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Make error message for captured generic type parameters much
 more straightforward (#1863)

Fixes #1860
---
 .../src/kotlinx/serialization/internal/Platform.common.kt    | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/internal/Platform.common.kt b/core/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/internal/Platform.common.kt
index 590376a72..fde2c36a8 100644
--- a/core/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/internal/Platform.common.kt
+++ b/core/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/internal/Platform.common.kt
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ internal expect fun KClass<*>.platformSpecificSerializerNotRegistered(): Nothing
 @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
 internal fun KType.kclass() = when (val t = classifier) {
     is KClass<*> -> t
+    is KTypeParameter -> {
+        error("Captured type paramerer $t from generic non-reified function. " +
+                "Such functionality cannot be supported as $t is erased, either specify serializer explicitly or make " +
+                "calling function inline with reified $t")
+    }
     else -> error("Only KClass supported as classifier, got $t")
 } as KClass<Any>