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+/*                     __                                               *\
+**     ________ ___   / /  ___     Scala API                            **
+**    / __/ __// _ | / /  / _ |    (c) 2002-2010, LAMP/EPFL             **
+**  __\ \/ /__/ __ |/ /__/ __ |    http://scala-lang.org/               **
+** /____/\___/_/ |_/____/_/ | |                                         **
+**                          |/                                          **
+\*                                                                      */
+
+// $Id$
+
+package scala.runtime
+
+/** A common supertype for companion classes of primitive types.
+ *
+ *  A common trait for /companion/ objects of primitive types comes handy
+ *  when parameterizing code on types. For instance, the specialized
+ *  annotation is passed a sequence of types on which to specialize:
+ *  {{{
+ *     class Tuple1[@specialized(Unit, Int, Double) T]
+ *  }}}
+ *
+ */
+sealed trait AnyValCompanion
+
+/** A object representing 'object scala.Unit'. It should never be used
+ *  directly.
+ */
+object Unit extends AnyValCompanion {
+  override def toString = "object scala.Unit"
+}
+
+/** A object representing 'object scala.Boolean'. It should never be used
+ *  directly.
+ */
+object Boolean extends AnyValCompanion {
+  override def toString = "object scala.Boolean"
+}
+
+/** A object representing 'object scala.Byte'. It should never be used
+ *  directly.
+ */
+object Byte extends AnyValCompanion {
+  override def toString = "object scala.Byte"
+}
+
+/** A object representing 'object scala.Short'. It should never be used
+ *  directly.
+ */
+object Short extends AnyValCompanion {
+  override def toString = "object scala.Short"
+}
+
+/** A object representing 'object scala.Char'. It should never be used
+ *  directly.
+ */
+object Char extends AnyValCompanion {
+  override def toString = "object scala.Char"
+}
+
+/** A object representing 'object scala.Int'. It should never be used
+ *  directly.
+ */
+object Int extends AnyValCompanion {
+  override def toString = "object scala.Int"
+}
+
+/** A object representing 'object scala.Long'. It should never be used
+ *  directly.
+ */
+object Long extends AnyValCompanion {
+  override def toString = "object scala.Long"
+}
+
+/** A object representing 'object scala.Float'. It should never be used
+ *  directly.
+ */
+object Float extends AnyValCompanion {
+  override def toString = "object scala.Float"
+}
+
+/** A object representing 'object scala.Double'. It should never be used
+ *  directly.
+ */
+object Double extends AnyValCompanion {
+  override def toString = "object scala.Double"
+}