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Locating a Symbol in a Package

When a symbol is to be located in a given package the following occurs:


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The external symbols and internal symbols of the package are searched for the symbol.
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The external symbols of the used packages are searched in some unspecified order. The order does not matter; see the rules for handling name conflicts listed below.