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## CHANGELOG

2025.06.16
- Add an exception for extension members in the error about nullable
receivers.

2021.07.28
- Allow a constant factory constructor in a class with a late final instance
variable.
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It is an error to call a method, setter, getter or operator on an expression
whose type is potentially nullable and not `dynamic`, except for the methods,
setters, getters, and operators on `Object`.
setters, getters, and operators on `Object`, and except when said member is an
extension member or the receiver type is an extension type.

It is an error to read a field or tear off a method from an expression whose
type is potentially nullable and not `dynamic`, except for the methods and
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