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string literal (literal string)
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string literal	is a synonym of literal string
	has definition A string of characters between double quotation marks
	has example "Hello world!" (created at compile time)
	is a subtopic of Literals
	is a subtopic of Strings
	is a kind of literal
	is a kind of object creation expression
object creation expression	has purpose to create a new object
expression	can be part of an expression
	has type that is the type of its result
	has value called its result, or its return value
	occurs in a context where a value is required
	performs a computation specified by 0 or more operators
	returns a value from its computation
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