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

For eclipse i use this: window -> preferences -> java -> editor -> save action -> check the checkbox for organize imports (there are a lot of other useful stuff there too, like formatting, making fields final and so on..). So when i save my file eclipse removes the unessacry imports for me. In my opinion, if you don't need something then remove it (or let it be removed by eclipse).