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Re: Re: [msg5755] "hidden" definitions

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  • Subject: [mg5985] Re: [mg5886] Re: [msg5755] "hidden" definitions
  • From: "David B. Wagner" <dbwagner at princon.com>
  • Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 22:38:00 -0500
  • Organization: Principia Consulting
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> 
> In a previous posting I had asked how to create a function definition
> that another user could execute but not read.
> 
> In [mg5755], Sherman Reed suggested several methods that work for very
> specific functions.  Unfortunately, they do not satisfy my
> requirements:  I need to be able to do this with an _arbitrary_
> Mathematica function (as well as an arbitrary list), not just a
> numerical function of a numerical argument.
> 
> Is there a way?
>

You should get this effect by doing this:

SetAttributes[f, ReadProtected];
SetAttributes[f, Locked];

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