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/*
 * Copyright 2010-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package kotlin

/**
 * Nothing has no instances. You can use Nothing to represent "a value that never exists": for example,
 * if a function has the return type of Nothing, it means that it never returns (always throws an exception).
 */
public class Nothing private constructor()