Scala giving me “illegal start of definition”

Question

I\'m trying to get started with Scala and cannot get out of the starting gate.

A file consisting of the line

package x

gives me

Answer 1

Since Scala 2.11.0-M7 you can use :paste -raw (fix for issue SI-5299). This option allows defining packages in the REPL:

scala> :paste -raw
// Entering paste mode (ctrl-D to finish)

package Foo

class Bar

// Exiting paste mode, now interpreting.


scala> import Foo._
import Foo._

scala> new Bar
res1: Foo.Bar = Foo.Bar@3ee2cf81