The file PackageName.m2 should be on the load path and should contain a package named PackageName. This function is mostly used for getting information about a package quickly and without processing the entire package.
i1 : opts = readPackage "NormalToricVarieties"
o1 = OptionTable{Authors => {{Name => Gregory G. Smith, Email => ggsmith@mast.queensu.ca, HomePage => http://www.mast.queensu.ca/~ggsmith}}}
AuxiliaryFiles => true
CacheExampleOutput => null
Certification => null
Configuration => {}
Date => 31 May 2020
DebuggingMode => false
Headline => routines for working with normal toric varieties and related objects
HomePage => null
InfoDirSection => Macaulay2 and its packages
Keywords => {Toric Geometry}
OptionalComponentsPresent => null
PackageExports => {Polyhedra, Schubert2}
PackageImports => {FourierMotzkin, Normaliz, LLLBases}
Reload => false
UseCachedExampleOutput => null
Version => 1.9
o1 : OptionTable
|
i2 : "1.9" <= opts.Version o2 = true |
The object readPackage is a method function with options.