Scala 2.13.x import precedence not respected

[rbarazzutti]

Local classes should have precedence over classes imported with wildcards (as in Java)

Scala 2.10.x, 2.11.x, and 2.12.x are respecting this precedence and thus are behaving like Java.

Oppositely, Scala 2.13.x takes the class imported with a wildcard.

[NthPortal]

duplicate of #11593?

[rbarazzutti]

The release notes of Scala 2.13.0 mention the precedence of explicit imports, but not wildcards, it is somehow misleading.

Otherwise, thanks @NthPortal, it's a dup.

[som-snytt]

Yes, it's not easy to summarize in a one-liner. (The summary is also misleading because it's kind of wrong.)

I'll try to transfer words from the linked ticket to an "overview" page in the docs. That may be useful later as a point of reference for Scala 3 import/export.

I also see that I proposed a lint option. Or maybe --explain-imports as a companion to --explain-types. After all, types are self-explanatory, but imports are magic.

[SethTisue]

I changed the release notes wording from "Explicit imports" to "Imports, including wildcard imports"