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Re: Type alias
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Posted: Jun 24, 2016 3:57 AM
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> I am unclear as to what the statement, "AnyRef is
> an alias for java.lang.Object", implies.
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> if AnyRef is an alias of java.lang.Object,
> and AnyRef is a subclass of Any, what, if
> anything, describes the relationship between Any
> and java.lang.Object?
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> I am beginning to learn Scala without a background in
> Java, so I am invoking the international NEWBIE protection
> clause.
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Any is also erased to java.lang.Object. Any is a bit of compile-time fiction, aimed at eliminating the need for programmers to think about primitive types as different from objects, by making primitive type values appear as instances of classes.
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