The Code:

import io.ktor.network.sockets.*
import kotlinx.coroutines.experimental.*
import java.net.*

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    runBlocking {
        val a: ASocket =ASocket
        val socket = ASocket().tcp().connect(InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 2323))
        val input = socket.openReadChannel()
        val output = socket.openWriteChannel(autoFlush = true)

        output.writeBytes("hello\r\n")
        val response = input.readASCIILine()
        println("Server said: '$response'")
    }
}

The error:-
/Programming_Workspace/Ma_Currents/KtorExample/src/main/kotlin/com/otakusenpai/KtorExample/main.kt: (8, 22): Interface ASocket does not have constructors

Gradle script:-

group 'KtorExample'
version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.2.31'
    ext.ktor_version = '0.9.1'

    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'kotlin'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
compileKotlin {
    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
}
compileTestKotlin {
    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
}

kotlin {
    experimental {
        coroutines "enable"
    }
}

repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven { url "https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/ktor" }
}

dependencies {
    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"
    compile "io.ktor:ktor-server-netty:$ktor_version"
    compile "io.ktor:ktor-network:$ktor_version"
}

jar {
    manifest {
        attributes 'Class-Path': '/build/libs/aghotabot.jar'
        attributes 'Main-Class': 'com.otakusenpai.KtorExample.MainKt'
    }
    from {
        configurations.compile.collect {
            it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it)
        }
    }
}