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ReadProtected

ReadProtected
is an attribute that prevents values associated with a symbol from being seen.

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  • Individual values associated with read-protected symbols can be used during evaluation.
  • Definition[f], ?f, and related functions give only the attributes for read-protected symbols f.
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