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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject: Re: Common errors in Java books
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:53:47 -0400
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On 7/22/2014 9:18 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> writes:
>> Eric Sosman wrote:
>>> Why would anyone use "import" with java.lang?
>> Sounds like a job interview question ;-)
>
>    String.java
>
> public final class String {}
>
>    Main.java
>
> import java.lang.String
>
> public final class Main
> { public static void main( final String[] args )
>                                   ^^^^^^
>    ...

     Fair 'nuff.  Allow me to rephrase: "Why would anyone with even
one tattered shred of sanity use `import' with java.lang?"

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