In general terms (and in normal English usage) the terms mean the same thing. In the specific context of HTML / Javascript the terms get confused because the HTML representation of a DOM element has attributes (that being the term used in XML for the key/value pairs contained within a tag) but when represented as … Read more
Here are the significant differences between lateinit var and by lazy { … } delegated property: lazy { … } delegate can only be used for val properties, whereas lateinit can only be applied to vars, because it can’t be compiled to a final field, thus no immutability can be guaranteed; lateinit var has a … Read more
Quote from The Swift Programming Language, which answers your question: “Swift’s compiler performs four helpful safety-checks to make sure that two-phase initialization is completed without error:” Safety check 1 “A designated initializer must ensure that all of the “properties introduced by its class are initialized before it delegates up to a superclass initializer.” Excerpt From: … Read more