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+package SynopsisTable;
+
+sub new{
+    return bless {names=>'', info=>{}};
+}
+
+sub declare{
+    my($self,$name,$key,$type) = @_;
+    if ($self->{names}) {
+	$self->{names} .= ",$name";
+    }
+    else {
+	$self->{names} .= "$name";
+    }
+    $self->{info}{$name} = "$key,$type,";
+}
+
+sub set_synopsis{
+    my($self,$name,$synopsis) = @_;
+    my($key,$type,$unused) = split ',', $self->{info}{$name}, 3;
+    $self->{info}{$name} = "$key,$type,$synopsis";
+}
+
+sub get{
+    my($self,$name) = @_;
+    return split /,/, $self->{info}{$name}, 3;
+}
+
+sub show{
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $name;
+    print "names: ", $self->{names}, "\n\n";
+    foreach $name (split /,/, $self->{names}) {
+	my($key,$type,$synopsis) = $self->get($name);
+	print "$name($key) is $type: $synopsis\n";
+    }
+}
+
+sub tohtml{
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $data = "<dl>\n";
+    my $name;
+    foreach $name (split /,/, $self->{names}) {
+	my($key,$type,$synopsis) = $self->get($name);
+	$data .= "<dt><b><tt>$name</tt></b>\n<dd>$synopsis\n";
+    }
+    $data .= "</dl>\n";
+    $data;
+}
+
+
+package testSynopsisTable;
+
+sub test{
+    # this little test is mostly to debug the stuff above, since this is
+    # my first Perl "object".
+    my $st = SynopsisTable->new();
+    $st->declare("sample", "sample", "standard");
+    $st->set_synopsis("sample", "This is a little synopsis....");
+    $st->declare("copy_reg", "copyreg", "standard");
+    $st->set_synopsis("copy_reg", "pickle support stuff");
+    $st->show();
+
+    print "\n\n";
+
+    my $st2 = SynopsisTable->new();
+    $st2->declare("st2module", "st2module", "built-in");
+    $st2->set_synopsis("st2module", "silly little synopsis");
+    $st2->show();
+}
+
+1;	# This must be the last line -- Perl is bogus!