<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">J J</b> <<a href="mailto:azreal1977@hotmail.com">azreal1977@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
+1. Just please, no colons. Or at least make it configurable so I don't<br>have to see it. :) The best would be if direct namespace access looked like<br>normal message sends.</blockquote><div><br>What would you suggest? I could use any non-whitespace character, I think.
<br><br>Currently I'm using dots:<br><br>a := Collections.Arrayed.Array new: 5.<br></div><br>Usually though you'd just use:<br><br>a := Array new: 5.<br><br>and add the Collections.Arrayed Namespace to your import list. Each import list is common to all classes at a certain branch of the Namespace hierarchy, so the dotted notation is only useful if, in the same branch of the Namespace hierarchy, you want to use two classes (or global vars) that have the same name.
<br><br>I'm not entirely sure how I'd implement your message sending idea, and
it doesn't particularly feel "right" to me. I assume you mean:<br>
<br>
a := Collections Arrayed Array new: 5.<br>
<br>Michael.<br></div>