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Re: HeaderInformation[] function is gone

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• Subject: [mg132499] Re: HeaderInformation[] function is gone
• From: Szabolcs HorvÃt <szhorvat at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 02:36:33 -0400 (EDT)
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On 2014-4-1, 3:04 , E. Martin-Serrano wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As far as I remember, until version 6, the function
>
> HeaderInformation[=93Contextname`packagename`=94]
>
> Returned the package-header information as, :Context: , :Title:, :Author:,
> :Package Version:, :Mathematica Version:, :Copyright: , :History: ,
> :Summary: , :Keywords:, :Contents:, :Discussion: , :Sources:, :Warning.
>
> I think that in newer versions, after V6,  it has been removed. The
> Mathematica Version advisory in version 6, still accepts
> *HeaderInformation[]* as compatible code coming from earlier versions, but
> now in V8, neither it appears in the Help nor is executed at all.
>
> Am I wrong?
>

This function was probably part of the package mentioned here:

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/a/699/12

The package is not part of Mathematica any more but it can still be 
downloaded from the Wolfram Library Archive.

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