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At https://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/SettingUpWolframLanguagePackages.html we read:

BeginPackage["Package`"]

set Package` to be the current context, and put only System` on the context search path

But Package` is also put on the context search path. (In fact, this is illustrated in the documentation for BeginPackage.)

At https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ContextPath.html we read

\$ContextPath is a global variable that gives a list of contexts, after \$Context, to search in trying to find a symbol that has been entered.

But $ContextPath is searched before $Context.

Am I misunderstanding something?

Edit: Szabolcs points out the the second of these two documentation bugs in an answer to a different question, at Result about Context is inconsistent with the description of “Power Programming with Mathematica”

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    $\begingroup$ Yes, it's buggy. As you can see, it was reported three years ago, and it is still unfixed. Isn't that annoying? If you report it too, there is a higher chance that it will finally be corrected. There is a Give Feedback link at the end of every online doc page. $\endgroup$
    – Szabolcs
    Commented Apr 18, 2017 at 15:36
  • $\begingroup$ @Szabolcs Thanks. I reported both problems using the Give Feedback links. $\endgroup$
    – Alan
    Commented Apr 18, 2017 at 16:08

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