This is not needed.

You are right. I've added it to make it identical to the controller they will see. We decided to add theRequest import to make it easier for newcomers:https://github.com/symfony/symfony-standard/blob/2.8/src/AppBundle/Controller/DefaultController.php#L7

However, the content of theindexAction() is not the same as in the symfony-standard. I did this because in this case it's more confusing than useful.

In any case, let me know what you think about this and I'll make the changes you say. Thanks.

I am not sure if it makes things easier to understand for newcomers when they see ause statement for a class that is not used anywhere. Itcould give them the feeling that simply adding theuse statement triggers some magic. However, let's see what Ryan and Wouter think about it.

I agree with@xabbuh here. I can see why it's usefull at the code side, I think it's confusion when doing it in the docs.

The new word wrapping in this paragraph is incorrect (the previous word wrapping was done by docbot)