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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2017-06-22 22:00:39 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2017-06-22 22:00:39 (GMT)
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Documentation correction; issue pointed out by DGP.tip_473
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@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ the name of the object or class to create, \fItargetObject\fR, which will be
resolved relative to the current namespace if not an absolute qualified name
and
.VS TIP473
-\fItargetNamespace\fR which is the name of the namespace where the object is
-going to be created in.
+\fItargetNamespace\fR which is the name of the namespace that will hold the
+internal state of the object (\fBmy\fR command, etc.); it \fImust not\fR
+refer to an existing namespace.
If either \fItargetObject\fR or \fItargetNamespace\fR is omitted or is given
as the empty string, a new name is chosen. Names, unless specified, are
chosen with the same algorithm used by the \fBnew\fR method of