ResolveContextAliases

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`ResolveContextAliases`

ResolveContextAliases

is an option for Names, Contexts and related functions to control whether to resolve aliases when searching for symbols that match a string pattern.

Details

By default, Names and similar functions match string patterns against both the real names of symbols and shorter forms that could be typed in due to entries in $ContextAliases. With the setting ResolveContextAliasesFalse, the entries of $ContextAliases are ignored, and patterns are matched only against real symbol or context names.

Examples

Basic Examples (1)Summary of the most common use cases

Create a context alias:

In[1]:=1

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cf2yzpz7eqrik0-8svr4p

Out[1]=1

Create a symbol using the alias:

In[2]:=2

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cf2yzpz7eqrik0-r78ntu

Out[2]=2

By default, Names searches using the current aliases:

In[3]:=3

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cf2yzpz7eqrik0-kq6t3j

Out[3]=3

With ResolveContextAliasesFalse, searches using the alias fail:

In[4]:=4

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cf2yzpz7eqrik0-mdi7ya

Out[4]=4

Using the true name of the symbol still works:

In[5]:=5

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0cf2yzpz7eqrik0-fua37s

Out[5]=5

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