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/*
* Scala (https://www.scala-lang.org)
*
* Copyright EPFL and Lightbend, Inc.
*
* Licensed under Apache License 2.0
* (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
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*/
package scala
/** `Null` is - together with [[scala.Nothing]] - at the bottom of the Scala type hierarchy.
*
* `Null` is the type of the `null` literal. It is a subtype of every type
* except those of value classes. Value classes are subclasses of [[AnyVal]], which includes
* primitive types such as [[Int]], [[Boolean]], and user-defined value classes.
*
* Since `Null` is not a subtype of value types, `null` is not a member of any such type.
* For instance, it is not possible to assign `null` to a variable of type [[scala.Int]].
*/
sealed trait Null