ofClass -- English phrases for types

i1 : ofClass class 3

o1 = an integer

o1 : SPAN

i2 : peek oo

o2 = SPAN{"an ", TO2{Macaulay2Doc :: ZZ, "integer"}}

i3 : ofClass Ring

o3 = a ring

o3 : SPAN

i4 : needsPackage "Text"

o4 = Text

o4 : Package

i5 : SPAN ofClass {HashTable, ProjectiveVariety}

o5 = a hash table or a projective variety

o5 : SPAN

i6 : document { Key => foo, "We may need ", ofClass ZZ, " and ", ofClass HashTable, "." }

i7 : help foo
--loading the Macaulay2 documentation from /builddir/build/BUILD/Macaulay2-1.5/Macaulay2/packages/Macaulay2Doc/
--warning: symbol "hilbertBasis" in FourTiTwo.Dictionary is shadowed by a symbol in Polyhedra.Dictionary
--  use the synonym FourTiTwo$hilbertBasis
--warning: symbol "rays" in FourTiTwo.Dictionary is shadowed by a symbol in Polyhedra.Dictionary
--  use the synonym FourTiTwo$rays
--warning: symbol "generalEquations" in PHCpack#"private dictionary" is shadowed by a symbol in NAGtypes.Dictionary
--  no synonym is available
--warning: symbol "addSlackVariables" in PHCpack#"private dictionary" is shadowed by a symbol in NAGtypes.Dictionary
--  no synonym is available
--warning: symbol "tDegree" in NumericalAlgebraicGeometry#"private dictionary" is shadowed by a symbol in PHCpack.Dictionary
--  use the synonym NumericalAlgebraicGeometry$tDegree
--warning: symbol "gamma" in NumericalAlgebraicGeometry#"private dictionary" is shadowed by a symbol in PHCpack.Dictionary
--  use the synonym NumericalAlgebraicGeometry$gamma
--warning: symbol "tDegree" in NumericalAlgebraicGeometry.Dictionary is shadowed by a symbol in PHCpack.Dictionary
--  use the synonym NumericalAlgebraicGeometry$tDegree
--warning: symbol "gamma" in NumericalAlgebraicGeometry.Dictionary is shadowed by a symbol in PHCpack.Dictionary
--  use the synonym NumericalAlgebraicGeometry$gamma
--warning: symbol "tDegree" in NumericalAlgebraicGeometry#"private dictionary" is shadowed by a symbol in PHCpack.Dictionary
--  use one of the synonyms NAG$tDegree, NumericalAlgebraicGeometry$tDegree
--warning: symbol "gamma" in NumericalAlgebraicGeometry#"private dictionary" is shadowed by a symbol in PHCpack.Dictionary
--  use one of the synonyms NAG$gamma, NumericalAlgebraicGeometry$gamma
--warning: symbol "tDegree" in NumericalAlgebraicGeometry.Dictionary is shadowed by a symbol in PHCpack.Dictionary
--  use one of the synonyms NAG$tDegree, NumericalAlgebraicGeometry$tDegree
--warning: symbol "gamma" in NumericalAlgebraicGeometry.Dictionary is shadowed by a symbol in PHCpack.Dictionary
--  use one of the synonyms NAG$gamma, NumericalAlgebraicGeometry$gamma
--warning: symbol "vertices" in SimplicialComplexes.Dictionary is shadowed by a symbol in Graphs.Dictionary
--  use the synonym SimplicialComplexes$vertices
--warning: symbol "Certification" in Core.Dictionary is shadowed by a symbol in RandomObjects#"private dictionary"
--  use the synonym Core$Certification
--warning: symbol "Certification" in Core.Dictionary is shadowed by a symbol in RandomObjects.Dictionary
--  use the synonym Core$Certification
--warning: symbol "nextPrime" in RandomSpaceCurves.Dictionary is shadowed by a symbol in RandomPlaneCurves.Dictionary
--  use the synonym RandomSpaceCurves$nextPrime
--warning: symbol "PushForward" in PackageDictionary is shadowed by a symbol in Schubert2#"private dictionary"
--  use the synonym Package$PushForward
--warning: symbol "PushForward" in PackageDictionary is shadowed by a symbol in Schubert2.Dictionary
--  use the synonym Package$PushForward

o7 = foo
     ***

     Description
     ===========

     We may need an integer and a hash table.

     For the programmer
     ==================

     The object "foo" is a symbol.

o7 : DIV