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exported `a` cannot be already a member of the object containing the export.
This restriction might be lifted in the future.

1. Export aliases of nullary Java methods (which may be invoked from Scala with or without empty parentheses)
are nullary methods in Scala and require parentheses in application. By contrast, since member types are
preserved, an export alias will have a flexible type if that was inferred for the Java method.

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(\*) **Note:** Unless otherwise stated, the term "class" in this discussion also includes object and trait definitions.

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