+10000 for:

self add: (Kernel Array new: 4).

This mechanism preseves the elegant foundation of Smalltalk: 'Everyting is an Object, which receives a messages and returns an object'.
In this (Dan's ?) solution, the implementation is late bound and can use the same lookup algorithm as used for messages.

The other solutions lack this elegance.

On Dinsdag, 18 September 2007, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:
> +1 for ::
> 
> Even if it is really
> 
> self add: (Kernel::Array new: 4).   
> 
> :)
> 
> Ron
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev-
> > bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Bert Freudenberg
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:31 AM
> > To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> > Subject: Re: Quick comparison of two Namespaces proposals
> > 
> > On Sep 18, 2007, at 11:55 , Michael van der Gulik wrote:
> > 
> > > self add: Kernel.Array new: 4.
> > > self add: Kernel::Array new: 4.
> > >
> > > What do other people think?
> > 
> > +10 for ::
> > 
> > Though I hope this won't become a bikeshed discussion of syntax, but
> > actually result in a Namespace solution getting adopted.
> > 
> > - Bert -
> > 
> > 
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