Scala: keyword as package name

Question

I\'m trying to use a Java library (no source code available) which defines some xxx.xxx.object package. Scala complains about the presence of \"object\" in

Answer 1

To complete agilefall's answer, the Scala Language Specification mentions that an import is composed of id:

id ::= plainid
| ‘\`’ stringLit ‘\`’

an identifier may also be formed by an arbitrary string between back-quotes (host systems may impose some restrictions on which strings are legal for identifiers). The identifier then is composed of all characters excluding the backquotes themselves.

Backquote-enclosed strings are a solution when one needs to access Java identifiers that are reserved words in Scala.
For instance, the statement Thread.yield() is illegal, since yield is a reserved word in Scala. However, here’s a work-around:

Thread.`yield`()