Platform (jvm, js, android):
Extension (none, kotlin 1.3, jdk8): none

Code related feature

expect(null as List<Int>?).notToEqualNull {
  toBeEmpty()
}

For this we currently see in reporting

expect: null
◆ to be an instance of type: List (kotlin.collections.List) -- Class: java.util.List
  » to be: empty

And we would like to see the following instead

expect: null
◆ not to equal: null but to be an instance of: List (kotlin.collections.List) -- Class: (java.util.List)
  » to be: empty

This means notToEqualNull has to do more than just delegating to toBeAnInstanceOf hence:

• don't delegate simply to isA in DefaultAnyAssertions.notToBeNullBut
• copy implementation of isA but change the options, to be more precise, change the description and the representation
• change the implementation of notToEqual treat null specially so that expect(null as List<Int>?).notToBe(null) also results in the reporting above (without to be: empty of course) => we would need to break the API in order that this works. Won't do it now

Please react with 👍 if you would like to see this feature implemented in Atrium, the more upvotes the more likely I will implement it myself -- feel free to sponsor me, that would be a motivation too.
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