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## 11.2 Syntax

The definition of a package has the syntax:

PackageForm : Exports == Implementation

The syntax for defining a package constructor is the same as that syntax for defining any function in Axiom. In practice, the definition extends over many lines so that this syntax is not practical. Also, the type of a package is expressed by the operator with with followed by an explicit list of operations. A preferable way to write the definition of a package is with a where where expression:

The definition of a package usually has the form:
PackageForm : Exports == Implementation where
optional type declarations
Exports == with
list of exported operations
Implementation == add
list of function definitions for exported operations

The DrawComplex package takes no parameters and exports five operations, each a separate item of a pile. Each operation is described as a declaration: a name, followed by a colon (:), followed by the type of the operation. All operations have types expressed as mappings with the syntax

source -> target

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