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Declaration name mismatch in destructuring declaration

Reports destructuring declarations where variable names don't match the original property names from data classes.

Example:

data class Product(val id: String, val productName: String) val (id, name) = product // warning on "name"

The following quick-fixes are available:

  • Rename variable to match property: val (id, productName) = product

  • Use positional destructuring with square brackets: val [id, name] = product

For standard library classes like Pair, Triple, and IndexedValue, the inspection suggests using positional destructuring syntax since these types are designed for positional access rather than name-based matching.

This inspection prepares code for an upcoming Kotlin language feature change where val (x, y) = e syntax will flip from position-based to name-based destructuring.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

DestructingShortFormNameMismatch
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Kotlin | Probable bugs

Inspection ID: DestructingShortFormNameMismatch

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection DestructingShortFormNameMismatch

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1, Qodana for JVM 2026.1,

Last modified: 31 March 2026