> I wonder wether Scala has inerited special handling for the (not special, but specially handled) string type Scala uses Java's String exactly, but does defin

> I wonder wether Scala has inerited special handling for the (not special, but specially handled) string type Scala uses Java's String exactly, but does define a few extra methods using its extension method functionality (called implicit class in Scala) Templates like s"This is a string with a $variable", are part of the language, but `s` is a stdlib feature. xxx"First $a $b Second" will be translated by the compiler to new StringContext(Array("First ", " ", " Second")).xxx(a, b) The standard library defines `StringContext.s`, but there's no restriction. Several SQL Libraries for example define `StringContext.sql`, to allow you to safely and type-checked embed SQL queries directly inside the code.