Any reason to clean up unused imports in Java, other than reducing clutter?

Question

Is there any good reason to avoid unused import statements in Java? As I understand it, they are there for the compiler, so lots of unused imports won\'t have any impacts o

Answer 1

Warning? Ask Eclipse to automagically clean them up for you. That's what IntelliJ does. If it's smart enough to warn you, it should be smart enough to clean them up. I'd recommend looking for an Eclipse setting to tell it to stop being such a nag and do something.