Add doc string to RegisterDataDep about datadeps.jl HOT 7 CLOSED

Don't think this was worth an issue, but simple question, why having capitalized and camed-cased RegisterDataDep?

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It's true that that is inconsistent with standard practice for function names.
I think of it as more of a constructor than a function. But technically it isn't, and in many ways practically it isn't.

I will think about deprecating it to register_datadep, or just register. Maybe make a similar datadep constructor so it is register(::AbstractDataDep) that might be cleanest.

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I like the register(::AbstractDataDep). Building a Dep struct and then registering it makes it clear at what moment we are just defining and at what moment we act on the filesystem (creating directories, ...)

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Registering a datadep doesn't touch the filesystem. Accessing it does. (Esp the first time)

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ok my bad I thought the information was saved, I just tested registering, restarting julia and calling, doesn't work, as expected.

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Ah, no. What you want to do is create a file containing the registration block, and then include that file.

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closed in #41

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