using # instead of . in API documentation

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Published on 2010-05-19T14:30:17Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 14:40 UTC
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In API documentation, and sometimes even used in discussions here on Stack Overflow, I sometimes see the pound (#) character used instead of the dot (.) as the separator between the class name and the method name. For example:

Settings#maxPageSize

I'm wondering what this usage means, and where it comes from?

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