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DeclarePackage

DeclarePackage["context`", {"name₁", "name₂", ...}]
declares that Needs["context`"] should automatically be executed if a symbol with any of the specified names is ever used.

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You can use DeclarePackage to tell Mathematica automatically to load a particular package when any of the symbols defined in it are used.

DeclarePackage creates symbols with the attribute Stub in the specified context.

DeclarePackage prepends context` to $ContextPath.

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