[Bug-kawa] [bug #40710] Class aliases and array definition

[Per Bothner]

Update of bug #40710 (project kawa):

                  Status:                    None => Invalid                
             Assigned to:                    None => bothner                

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Ah, but it does work, if you use the right syntax:

#|kawa:1|# (define-alias <MyString> <java.lang.String>)
#|kawa:2|# (make <MyString>[] size: 1)
[#!null]

Don't think of the syntax <Foo> as the syntax for a class or type-specifier. 
It's just an ordinary name, as is <Foo[]>.  It's just that <Foo> and <Foo[]>
have a *default binding* to the class or array type *if* class Foo exists (at
compile-time).  But in newer versions of Kawa, so does the syntax without
angle-brackets:

#|kawa:4|# (define-alias MyString java.lang.String)
#|kawa:5|# (make MyString[] size: 1)
[#!null]
#|kawa:6|# (make java.lang.String[] size: 1)
[#!null]

You can also mix the forms:

#|kawa:8|# (define-alias MyString <java.lang.String>)
#|kawa:9|# (make MyString[] size: 1)
[#!null]

There is a slight difference between <ClassName> and plain ClassName, but it
is pretty subtle, mainly in noting intent.

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