I think It's very good if Squeak namespaces will be compatiple with VisualWorks (it use dot).<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/5/21 Göran Krampe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:goran@krampe.se">goran@krampe.se</a>></span><br>
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Am 2010-05-21 um 08:44 schrieb Torsten Bergmann:<br>
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And I think period is bad, it blends too much with sequencing, I<br>
personally think double colon looks the best and stands out. And is used<br>
in both C++ and Perl AFAIK<br>
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Double colon is also used in Smalltalk MT for Namespaces.<br>
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… what about a slash?<br>
+ makes for a good binary message<br>
NameSpaceA / SubspaceB / ClassC<br>
+ Looks like a Path<br>
- May interfere with division<br>
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If you start using syntax that includes "space" then you will get into syntactic problems. It clashes with message sending, but on the other hand, if you are indeed looking for *dynamic* namespaces then that is what you want. But then, as Dan Ingalls suggested, you wouldn't need any slash at all, it would just be:<br>
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NameSpaceA SubspaceB ClassC<br>
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...now, my Namespace solution is *not* dynamic, so it is not message sending. It simply allows having the character $: in a Symbol and thus also in a global reference. And oh, my proposal was *not* hierarchical but a flat list - but it could be made hierarchical if needed, I just didn't feel the need. So:<br>
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NameSpaceA::ClassC<br>
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...in my solution is just a global reference.<br>
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regards, Göran<br>
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