How does the reified keyword work in Kotlin and why is it needed for generics?

Hi! I recently started learning Kotlin and encountered a problem when working with generics. In Java, I'm used to types being erased at runtime, and you can't check if an object is an instance of type T. But in Kotlin, I saw that you can use the reified keyword to bypass this limitation. Here's an example that doesn't work for me: ```kotlin fun checkType(value: Any): Boolean { return value is T // Compilation error: Cannot check for instance of erased type: T } ``` I want to write a function that checks whether a passed object is an object of a specific type passed as a generic parameter. For example, I want to call `checkType("hello")` and get true, and `checkType("hello")` — false. I heard that for this you need to use `inlin