Added 'val' as a type which the 'val' fake keyword must resolve to before val works,

as a gesture to make val less 'magical'. It even works, in eclipse. Next up: javac.

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diff --git a/src/core/lombok/val.java b/src/core/lombok/val.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright © 2010 Reinier Zwitserloot, Roel Spilker and Robbert Jan Grootjans.
+ * 
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package lombok;
+
+/**
+ * Use {@code val} as the type of any local variable declaration (even in a for-each statement), and the type will be inferred from the initializing expression.
+ * For example: {@code val x = 10.0;} will infer {@code double}, and {@code val y = new ArrayList<String>();} will infer {@code ArrayList<String>}. The local variable
+ * will also be made final.
+ */
+public class val {}