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I'm a little hazy... in the Kotlin DSL, should I use:
```tasks.taskName {
  ...
}```
or should I be using
```tasks.taskName.configure {
  ....
}```
In the same vein, is this OK:
```tasks.withType&lt;KotlinCompile&gt; {
  compilerOptions.jvmTarget = JVM_21
}```
or should it be
```tasks.withType&lt;KotlinCompile&gt;().configureEach {
  compilerOptions.jvmTarget = JVM_21
}```

Bot are the same (you can check it by yourself if the returned type is the same):

```tasks.taskName {
  ...
}```
```tasks.taskName.configure {
  ....
}```

You should always use `configureEach`. As you can see, both returns different types, and the one without `configureEach` provokes that you need to register the tasks eagerly.

I hope with Gradle 9 everything that is not lazy is deprecated, so you get a warning if you don't use `configureEach`.

I somehow doubt that the eager APIs are deprecated, because there are valid use-cases for them, even if rare. But we will see. :-)