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<div><h1>synonym -- synonym for members of a class</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>synonym X</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>X</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Type.html">type</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span>, a synonym for members of the class <tt>X</tt></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>A synonym can be installed with the assignment statement <tt>X.synonym=t</tt>. The synonym is used by <a href="_of__Class.html" title="English phrases for types">ofClass</a>.<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : synonym ZZ
o1 = integer</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : Stack = new Type of HashTable
o2 = Stack
o2 : Type</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : synonym Stack
o3 = object of class Stack</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : Stack.synonym = "Deligne-Mumford stack"
o4 = Deligne-Mumford stack</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i5 : ofClass Stack
o5 = a Deligne-Mumford stack
o5 : SPAN</pre>
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