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Re: :: notation

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• Subject: [mg77712] Re: :: notation
• From: Szabolcs <szhorvat at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:39:00 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: University of Bergen
• References: <f4r4fu$a36$1@smc.vnet.net>

Andrew Moylan wrote:
> What are the properties of the :: notation? As in the following:
>  
> function::usage = "bla";
>  
> Where can I read about this notation in the documentation?

You can check its FullForm and see that it is called MessageName, then 
search for "MessageName" the the v6 doc center.

Or you can use the much better 5.2 documentation to look it up directly ;)

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