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Subject: Re: A name and its relation with two types
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On 10/30/2017 5:53 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>    The field »java.lang.System.out« has a tight relation with
>    two types: »java.lang.System« (as »java.lang.System.out« is
>    a field of »java.lang.System«) and »java.io.PrintStream«
>    (which is the type of the expressions »java.lang.System.out«).
> 
>    Can someone help me to find appropriate and clear words for
>    the ellipses in the following two sentences?
> 
>    »java.lang.System« is the ... of »java.lang.System.out«.
>    »java.io.PrintStream« is the ... of »java.lang.System.out«.

     How about "class containing" and "type of", respectively?

     ... but I'm not sure it's worth a whole lot of fuss.  I can't
see any difference between your example and

	package circus;
	class Clown {
	    public static String name = "Bozo";
	}

	»circus.Clown is the class containing circus.Clown.name«.

	»java.lang.String is the type of circus.Clown.name«.

... which seems so perfectly ordinary and obvious as not to merit
a whole lot of commentary.  YMMV.

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