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Unqualified Names

An unqualified name (it does not appear right of a ".") is defined,

if the definition is in the same or an enclosing block.
if the name is defined before accessing it.

If there is more than one definition, then the innermost definition is used.
$\begin{program} {\vem int}~i; \\ {\vem int}~foo({\vem int}~n)~\{ \\ ~~~~~~~~{\ve... ... return}~i; \\ ~~~~~~~~\} \\ ~~~~~~~~{\vem return}~foo(n--1); \\ \}\end{program}$
If an unqualified name is not defined it is assumed to be a Java class.

We look for it on the $CLASSPATH using imports as in Java.

Christoph Zenger
3/16/2000