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Mathematica symbols are the ultimate atoms of symbolic data. Every symbol has a unique name, exists in a certain Mathematica context or namespace, and can have a variety of types of values and attributes.

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Dealing with over eager shadowing messages

BeginPackage["First`"]; symbol; EndPackage[]; BeginPackage["Second`"]; (*This block could be replaced with Needs @ "Internal`" in real life*) BeginPackage["Internal`"]; symbol; …
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Unique[] and special handling of symbols ending with a single dollar sign

Example Unique[x] generates a new symbol, with a name of the form x$nnn. If so then this is not correct: Unique[x$] x$4639 I'd expect double $: x$$4639. Question: Is this a bug in …
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Naming convention for symbols exported from package

Q: So lowerCaseFunctionName or UpperCaseFunctionName convention for symbols exported from package for users. And why? … I'm still using lowerCaseCamelCase because I don't have to worry in future and push fixes which only rename conflicted symbols. …
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Not FullDefinition for Save. MachineID not Protected?

Is there a way to set what symbols's definitions I do not want to store? Consider the following code: f := $MachineID; SetDirectory[NotebookDirectory[]]; Save["testm.m", f]; ClearAll@f << "testm.m …
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