What's this C# "using" directive?

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Solution

That's aliasing a typename to a shorter name. The same syntax can also be used for aliasing namespaces. See using directive.

(Updated in response to Richard)

Problem

I saw this C# using statement in a code example: ``` using StringFormat=System.Drawing.StringFormat; ``` What's that all about?

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