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[John Rose]

On Jun 22, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Howard Lovatt wrote:

> I don't think there is confusion between a type name and a value,
> therefore proposed syntax OK (but maybe not the preferred). If you
> want a class you have to append '.class'.

Sorry, that would be a breaking change to the language, not an extension.  The rules for identifier resolution are exquisitely balanced, and cannot be compatibly extended in this way.

// $ javac Foo.java && java Foo
// String! and String2!
class Foo {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        String String = "String!";
        String String2 = "String2!";
        System.out.println(String + (String)" and "+ String2);
    }
}

-- John
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