When to use "using [alias = ]class_or_namespace;" in c#?

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Published on 2010-06-16T10:50:38Z Indexed on 2010/06/16 11:02 UTC
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I saw the following namespace implementation in an article and i really can't get the point why they did so?

using sysConfig =System.Configuration ;

string connectionString = sysConfig.ConfigurationManager.
                         ConnectionStrings["connectionString"].ConnectionString;

I know It can be easily implemented like this,

string connectionString = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.
                         ConnectionStrings["connectionString"].ConnectionString;

Any suggestion when to use the first type...

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