Kotlin-stdlib-jdk: what's it for?

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What is the purpose of adding the dependency org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7 to an Android app module gradle file?

When creating a new project in Android Studio, the following line is added to the app module gradle file:

implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"

The purpose of this dependency is not to make Kotlin standard library functions available, as they are already available without it. So, what is its purpose?

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The purpose of adding the dependency org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7 to an Android app module gradle file is to provide additional Kotlin standard library features that are not available in the Android runtime, such as the use function for handling resources and the useLines function for handling text files.