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Scala 3/scala/Predef

Predef

scala.Predef
object Predef

The Predef object provides definitions that are accessible in all Scala compilation units without explicit qualification.

Commonly Used Types

Predef provides type aliases for types which are commonly used, such as the immutable collection types scala.collection.immutable.Map and scala.collection.immutable.Set.

Console Output

For basic console output, Predef provides convenience methods print and println, which are aliases of the methods in the object scala.Console.

Assertions

A set of assert functions are provided for use as a way to document and dynamically check invariants in code. Invocations of assert can be elided at compile time by providing the command line option -Xdisable-assertions, which raises -Xelide-below above elidable.ASSERTION, to the scalac command.

Variants of assert intended for use with static analysis tools are also provided: assume, require and ensuring. require and ensuring are intended for use as a means of design-by-contract style specification of pre- and post-conditions on functions, with the intention that these specifications could be consumed by a static analysis tool. For instance,

def addNaturals(nats: List[Int]): Int = {
  require(nats forall (_ >= 0), "List contains negative numbers")
  nats.foldLeft(0)(_ + _)
} ensuring(_ >= 0)

The declaration of addNaturals states that the list of integers passed should only contain natural numbers (i.e. non-negative), and that the result returned will also be natural. require is distinct from assert in that if the condition fails, then the caller of the function is to blame rather than a logical error having been made within addNaturals itself. ensuring is a form of assert that declares the guarantee the function is providing with regards to its return value.

Implicit Conversions

A number of commonly applied implicit conversions are also defined here, and in the parent type scala.LowPriorityImplicits. Implicit conversions are provided for the "widening" of numeric values, for instance, converting a Short value to a Long value as required, and to add additional higher-order functions to Array values. These are described in more detail in the documentation of scala.Array.

Attributes

Source
Predef.scala
Graph
Supertypes
class Object
trait Matchable
class Any
Self type
Predef.type

Members list

Grouped members

Utility Methods

def ???: Nothing

??? can be used for marking methods that remain to be implemented.

??? can be used for marking methods that remain to be implemented.

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Throws

NotImplementedError when ??? is invoked.

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def classOf[T]: Class[T]

Retrieve the runtime representation of a class type.

Retrieve the runtime representation of a class type. classOf[T] is equivalent to the class literal T.class in Java.

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Returns

The runtime Class representation of type T.

Example 

val listClass = classOf[List[_]]
// listClass is java.lang.Class[List[_]] = class scala.collection.immutable.List
val mapIntString = classOf[Map[Int,String]]
// mapIntString is java.lang.Class[Map[Int,String]] = interface scala.collection.immutable.Map
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def identity[A](x: A): A

A method that returns its input value.

A method that returns its input value.

Type parameters

A

type of the input value x.

Value parameters

x

the value of type A to be returned.

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Returns

the value x.

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def implicitly[T](implicit e: T): T

Summon an implicit value of type T.

Summon an implicit value of type T. Usually, the argument is not passed explicitly.

Type parameters

T

the type of the value to be summoned

Attributes

Returns

the implicit value of type T

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def locally[T](x: T): T

Used to mark code blocks as being expressions, instead of being taken as part of anonymous classes and the like.

Used to mark code blocks as being expressions, instead of being taken as part of anonymous classes and the like. This is just a different name for identity.

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Example

Separating code blocks from new:

val x = new AnyRef
{
  val y = ...
  println(y)
}
// the { ... } block is seen as the body of an anonymous class
val x = new AnyRef
{
  val y = ...
  println(y)
}
// an empty line is a brittle "fix"
val x = new AnyRef
locally {
  val y = ...
  println(y)
}
// locally guards the block and helps communicate intent
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def valueOf[T](implicit vt: ValueOf[T]): T

Retrieve the single value of a type with a unique inhabitant.

Retrieve the single value of a type with a unique inhabitant.

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Example 

object Foo
val foo = valueOf[Foo.type]
// foo is Foo.type = Foo
val bar = valueOf[23]
// bar is 23.type = 23
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Predef.scala

Assertions

These methods support program verification and runtime correctness.

def assert(assertion: Boolean): Unit

Tests an expression, throwing an AssertionError if false.

Tests an expression, throwing an AssertionError if false. Calls to this method will not be generated if -Xelide-below is greater than ASSERTION.

Value parameters

assertion

the expression to test

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See also
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Predef.scala
final def assert(assertion: Boolean, message: => Any): Unit

Tests an expression, throwing an AssertionError if false.

Tests an expression, throwing an AssertionError if false. Calls to this method will not be generated if -Xelide-below is greater than ASSERTION.

Value parameters

assertion

the expression to test

message

a String to include in the failure message

Attributes

See also
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Predef.scala
def assume(assumption: Boolean): Unit

Tests an expression, throwing an AssertionError if false.

Tests an expression, throwing an AssertionError if false. This method differs from assert only in the intent expressed: assert contains a predicate which needs to be proven, while assume contains an axiom for a static checker. Calls to this method will not be generated if -Xelide-below is greater than ASSERTION.

Value parameters

assumption

the expression to test

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See also
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Predef.scala
final def assume(assumption: Boolean, message: => Any): Unit

Tests an expression, throwing an AssertionError if false.

Tests an expression, throwing an AssertionError if false. This method differs from assert only in the intent expressed: assert contains a predicate which needs to be proven, while assume contains an axiom for a static checker. Calls to this method will not be generated if -Xelide-below is greater than ASSERTION.

Value parameters

assumption

the expression to test

message

a String to include in the failure message

Attributes

See also
Source
Predef.scala
def require(requirement: Boolean): Unit

Tests an expression, throwing an IllegalArgumentException if false.

Tests an expression, throwing an IllegalArgumentException if false. This method is similar to assert, but blames the caller of the method for violating the condition.

Value parameters

requirement

the expression to test

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final def require(requirement: Boolean, message: => Any): Unit

Tests an expression, throwing an IllegalArgumentException if false.

Tests an expression, throwing an IllegalArgumentException if false. This method is similar to assert, but blames the caller of the method for violating the condition.

Value parameters

message

a String to include in the failure message

requirement

the expression to test

Attributes

Source
Predef.scala

Console Output

These methods provide output via the console.

def printf(text: String, xs: Any*): Unit

Prints its arguments as a formatted string to the default output, based on a string pattern (in a fashion similar to printf in C).

Prints its arguments as a formatted string to the default output, based on a string pattern (in a fashion similar to printf in C).

The interpretation of the formatting patterns is described in java.util.Formatter.

Consider using the f interpolator as more type safe and idiomatic.

Value parameters

text

the pattern for formatting the arguments.

xs

the arguments used to instantiate the pattern.

Attributes

Throws

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if there was a problem with the format string or arguments

See also
Source
Predef.scala
def println(): Unit

Prints a newline character on the default output.

Prints a newline character on the default output.

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def println(x: Any): Unit

Prints out an object to the default output, followed by a newline character.

Prints out an object to the default output, followed by a newline character.

Value parameters

x

the object to print.

Attributes

Source
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Aliases

These aliases bring selected immutable types into scope without any imports.

val ->: Tuple2.type

Allows destructuring tuples with the same syntax as constructing them.

Allows destructuring tuples with the same syntax as constructing them.

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Example 

val tup = "foobar" -> 3
val c = tup match {
 case str -> i => str.charAt(i)
}
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type Class[T] = Class[T]

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type Function[-A, +B] = A => B

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type Map[K, +V] = Map[K, V]

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val Map: Map.type

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type Set[A] = Set[A]

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val Set: Set.type

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type String = String

The String type in Scala has all the methods of the underlying java.lang.String, of which it is just an alias.

The String type in Scala has all the methods of the underlying java.lang.String, of which it is just an alias.

In addition, extension methods in scala.collection.StringOps are added implicitly through the conversion augmentString.

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String Conversions

Conversions from String to StringOps or WrappedString.

implicit def augmentString(x: String): StringOps

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implicit def wrapString(s: String): WrappedString

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Inherited from:
LowPriorityImplicits (hidden)
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Implicit Classes

These implicit classes add useful extension methods to every type.

final implicit class ArrowAssoc[A](self: A) extends AnyVal

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Supertypes
class AnyVal
trait Matchable
class Any
final implicit def ArrowAssoc[A](self: A): ArrowAssoc[A]

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final implicit class Ensuring[A](self: A) extends AnyVal

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Supertypes
class AnyVal
trait Matchable
class Any
final implicit def Ensuring[A](self: A): Ensuring[A]

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final implicit class StringFormat[A](self: A) extends AnyVal

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Supertypes
class AnyVal
trait Matchable
class Any
final implicit def StringFormat[A](self: A): StringFormat[A]

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final implicit class any2stringadd[A](self: A) extends AnyVal

Injects String concatenation operator + to any classes.

Injects String concatenation operator + to any classes.

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Deprecated
true
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Predef.scala
Supertypes
class AnyVal
trait Matchable
class Any
final implicit def any2stringadd[A](self: A): any2stringadd[A]

Injects String concatenation operator + to any classes.

Injects String concatenation operator + to any classes.

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Deprecated
true
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Predef.scala

CharSequence Wrappers

Wrappers that implements CharSequence and were implicit classes.

final class ArrayCharSequence(arrayOfChars: Array[Char]) extends CharSequence

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Supertypes
trait CharSequence
class Object
trait Matchable
class Any
def ArrayCharSequence(arrayOfChars: Array[Char]): ArrayCharSequence

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final class SeqCharSequence(sequenceOfChars: IndexedSeq[Char]) extends CharSequence

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Supertypes
trait CharSequence
class Object
trait Matchable
class Any
def SeqCharSequence(sequenceOfChars: IndexedSeq[Char]): SeqCharSequence

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Java to Scala

Implicit conversion from Java primitive wrapper types to Scala equivalents.

implicit def Boolean2boolean(x: Boolean): Boolean

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implicit def Byte2byte(x: Byte): Byte

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implicit def Character2char(x: Character): Char

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implicit def Double2double(x: Double): Double

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implicit def Float2float(x: Float): Float

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implicit def Integer2int(x: Integer): Int

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implicit def Long2long(x: Long): Long

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implicit def Short2short(x: Short): Short

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Scala to Java

Implicit conversion from Scala AnyVals to Java primitive wrapper types equivalents.

implicit def boolean2Boolean(x: Boolean): Boolean

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implicit def byte2Byte(x: Byte): Byte

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implicit def char2Character(x: Char): Character

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implicit def double2Double(x: Double): Double

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implicit def float2Float(x: Float): Float

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implicit def int2Integer(x: Int): Integer

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implicit def long2Long(x: Long): Long

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implicit def short2Short(x: Short): Short

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Array to ArraySeq

Conversions from Arrays to ArraySeqs.

implicit def genericWrapArray[T](xs: Array[T]): ArraySeq[T]

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Inherited from:
LowPriorityImplicits (hidden)
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Predef.scala
implicit def wrapBooleanArray(xs: Array[Boolean]): ofBoolean

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implicit def wrapByteArray(xs: Array[Byte]): ofByte

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implicit def wrapCharArray(xs: Array[Char]): ofChar

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implicit def wrapDoubleArray(xs: Array[Double]): ofDouble

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implicit def wrapFloatArray(xs: Array[Float]): ofFloat

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implicit def wrapIntArray(xs: Array[Int]): ofInt

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implicit def wrapLongArray(xs: Array[Long]): ofLong

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implicit def wrapRefArray[T <: AnyRef](xs: Array[T]): ofRef[T]

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implicit def wrapShortArray(xs: Array[Short]): ofShort

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implicit def wrapUnitArray(xs: Array[Unit]): ofUnit

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Type members

Types

type Manifest[T] = Manifest[T]

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type OptManifest[T] = OptManifest[T]

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infix type is[A <: AnyKind, B] = B { type Self = A; }

A type supporting Self-based type classes.

A type supporting Self-based type classes.

A is TC

expands to

TC { type Self = A }

which is what is needed for a context bound [A: TC].

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Value members

Concrete methods

def manifest[T](implicit m: Manifest[T]): Manifest[T]

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def optManifest[T](implicit m: OptManifest[T]): OptManifest[T]

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transparent inline def summon[T](using x: T): x.type

Summon a given value of type T. Usually, the argument is not passed explicitly.

Summon a given value of type T. Usually, the argument is not passed explicitly.

Type parameters

T

the type of the value to be summoned

Attributes

Returns

the given value typed: the provided type parameter

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Concrete fields

val Manifest: Manifest.type

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val NoManifest: NoManifest.type

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Extensions

Extensions

extension [T](x: T | Null)
inline def nn: x.type & T

Strips away the nullability from a value. Note that .nn performs a checked cast, so if invoked on a null value it will throw an NullPointerException.

Strips away the nullability from a value. Note that .nn performs a checked cast, so if invoked on a null value it will throw an NullPointerException.

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Example 
val s1: String | Null = "hello"
val s2: String = s1.nn
val s3: String | Null = null
val s4: String = s3.nn // throw NullPointerException
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extension (inline x: AnyRef | Null)
inline def eq(inline y: AnyRef | Null): Boolean

Enables an expression of type T|Null, where T is a subtype of AnyRef, to be checked for null using eq rather than only ==. This is needed because Null no longer has eq or ne methods, only == and != inherited from Any.

Enables an expression of type T|Null, where T is a subtype of AnyRef, to be checked for null using eq rather than only ==. This is needed because Null no longer has eq or ne methods, only == and != inherited from Any.

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inline def ne(inline y: AnyRef | Null): Boolean

Enables an expression of type T|Null, where T is a subtype of AnyRef, to be checked for null using ne rather than only !=. This is needed because Null no longer has eq or ne methods, only == and != inherited from Any.

Enables an expression of type T|Null, where T is a subtype of AnyRef, to be checked for null using ne rather than only !=. This is needed because Null no longer has eq or ne methods, only == and != inherited from Any.

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Experimental extensions

extension (opt: Option.type)
inline def fromNullable[T](t: T | Null): Option[T]

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Experimental
true
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extension [T](x: T)
inline def runtimeChecked: x.type

Asserts that a term should be exempt from static checks that can be reliably checked at runtime.

Asserts that a term should be exempt from static checks that can be reliably checked at runtime.

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Example 
val xs: Option[Int] = Option(1)
xs.runtimeChecked match
  case Some(x) => x // `Some(_)` can be checked at runtime, so no warning

val xs: List[Int] = List(1,2,3)
val y :: ys = xs.runtimeChecked // `_ :: _` can be checked at runtime, so no warning
Experimental
true
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Implicits

Implicits

implicit def $conforms[A]: A => A

An implicit of type A => A is available for all A because it can always be implemented using the identity function.

An implicit of type A => A is available for all A because it can always be implemented using the identity function. This also means that an implicit of type A => B is always available when A <: B, because (A => A) <: (A => B).

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implicit def booleanArrayOps(xs: Array[Boolean]): ArrayOps[Boolean]

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implicit def byteArrayOps(xs: Array[Byte]): ArrayOps[Byte]

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implicit def charArrayOps(xs: Array[Char]): ArrayOps[Char]

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implicit def doubleArrayOps(xs: Array[Double]): ArrayOps[Double]

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implicit def floatArrayOps(xs: Array[Float]): ArrayOps[Float]

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implicit def genericArrayOps[T](xs: Array[T]): ArrayOps[T]

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implicit def intArrayOps(xs: Array[Int]): ArrayOps[Int]

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implicit def longArrayOps(xs: Array[Long]): ArrayOps[Long]

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implicit def refArrayOps[T <: AnyRef](xs: Array[T]): ArrayOps[T]

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implicit def shortArrayOps(xs: Array[Short]): ArrayOps[Short]

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implicit def tuple2ToZippedOps[T1, T2](x: (T1, T2)): Ops[T1, T2]

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implicit def tuple3ToZippedOps[T1, T2, T3](x: (T1, T2, T3)): Ops[T1, T2, T3]

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implicit def unitArrayOps(xs: Array[Unit]): ArrayOps[Unit]

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Inherited implicits

implicit def booleanWrapper(x: Boolean): RichBoolean

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Inherited from:
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implicit def byteWrapper(x: Byte): RichByte

We prefer the java.lang.* boxed types to these wrappers in any potential conflicts.

We prefer the java.lang.* boxed types to these wrappers in any potential conflicts. Conflicts do exist because the wrappers need to implement ScalaNumber in order to have a symmetric equals method, but that implies implementing java.lang.Number as well.

Note - these are inlined because they are value classes, but the call to xxxWrapper is not eliminated even though it does nothing. Even inlined, every call site does a no-op retrieval of Predef's MODULE$ because maybe loading Predef has side effects!

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implicit def charWrapper(c: Char): RichChar

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implicit def doubleWrapper(x: Double): RichDouble

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implicit def floatWrapper(x: Float): RichFloat

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implicit def intWrapper(x: Int): RichInt

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implicit def longWrapper(x: Long): RichLong

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implicit def shortWrapper(x: Short): RichShort

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Deprecated and Inherited implicits

implicit def copyArrayToImmutableIndexedSeq[T](xs: Array[T]): IndexedSeq[T]

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Deprecated
[Since version 2.13.0]
Inherited from:
LowPriorityImplicits2 (hidden)
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